HyperDic: holy_thistle

English > 1 sense of the expression holy thistle:
NOUNplantholy thistle, milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, blessed thistle, Silybum marianumtall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads
English > holy thistle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America.
Synonymsmilk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, blessed thistle, Silybum marianum
Member ofSilybum, genus Silybumsmall genus of east African herbs
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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