noun
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, ↑blessed thistle, ↑Silybum marianum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Silybum, ↑genus Silybum
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noun1. : blessed thistle 1
2. : milk thistle 1
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lady's-thistle.
[1590-1600]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.