milk thistle
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Noun
[edit]milk thistle (plural milk thistles)
- Any of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianum.
- Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce
- Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:
Synonyms
[edit]- (Silybum marianum): blessed milk thistle, holy thistle, variegated thistle
Translations
[edit]Silybum, Silybum marianum
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Lactuca serriola
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Sonchus spp. — see sow thistle