English
Detailed Synonyms for milk thistle in English
milk thistle:
milk thistle [the ~] noun
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the milk thistle
– tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America 1the Our Lady's mild thistle; the milk thistle; the holy thistle; the Silybum marianum; the lady's thistle; the blessed thistle– tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America 1 -
the milk thistle
– any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil 1the milk thistle; the sow thistle– any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil 1