| NOUN | plant | blessed thistle, milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, Silybum marianum | tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads |
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| plant | blessed thistle, sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus | annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers |
| Meaning | tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America. | |
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| Synonyms | milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, Silybum marianum | |
| Member of | Silybum, genus Silybum | small genus of east African herbs |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers. | |
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| Synonyms | sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus | |
| Member of | Cnicus, genus Cnicus | One species |
| Broader | thistle | Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera ... / genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves |
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