| NOUN | plant | Silybum marianum, milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, blessed thistle | tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads |
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| 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, blessed thistle | |
| 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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