milk thistle
Any of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianumAny of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianum.
Meaning
6 sensesAny of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianum.
Mariendistel
расторо́пшаrastorópša, расторо́пша пятни́стаяrastorópša pjatnístaja
росторо́пшаrostorópša, росторо́пша плями́стаrostorópša pljamýsta
Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce
лату́к ди́кийlatúk díkij, молока́нmolokán
Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:
Sonchus asper rough milk thistle
Sonchus arvensis field milk thistle
Sonchus oleraceus (common sow thistle)
Sonchus wilmsii
- tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
- 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
Translations
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Forms
plural: milk thistles| Singular | milk thistle |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America:lady's thistleOur Lady-ap-s mild thistleholy thistleblessed thistleSilybum marianum
- 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:sow thistle
See also
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