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Meaning of MILK THISTLE

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
  2. [n]  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
 
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 Synonyms: blessed thistle, holy thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum, sow thistle
 
 See Also: bush, genus Silybum, genus Sonchus, herb, herbaceous plant, milkweed, shrub, Silybum, Sonchus, Sonchus oleraceus

 

 

 

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