| NOUN | plant | milk thistle, sow thistle | any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers |
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| plant | milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, blessed thistle, Silybum marianum | tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | sow thistle | |
| Member of | Sonchus, genus Sonchus | sow thistles |
| Narrower | milkweed, Sonchus oleraceus | annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| 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 | lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, blessed 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 |
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