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blessed thistle

noun

1. tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

• Syn: ↑milk thistle, ↑lady's thistle, ↑Our Lady's mild thistle, ↑holy thistle, ↑Silybum marianum

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Silybum, ↑genus Silybum

2. annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers

• Syn: ↑sweet sultan, ↑Cnicus benedictus

• Hypernyms: ↑thistle

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cnicus, ↑genus Cnicus

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1. : an annual pubescent herb (Cnicus benedictus) with large heads of yellow flowers

2. : milk thistle 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.