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milk thistle
milk thistle n (Plants) another name for sow thistle Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  milk thistle - any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soilsow thistlegenus Sonchus, Sonchus - sow thistlesSonchus oleraceus, milkweed - annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower headsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | | 2. |  milk thistle - tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South Americablessed thistle, holy thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianumgenus Silybum, Silybum - small genus of east African herbsherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
Translationsmilk thistle
 milk thistle milk thistleLike thistle, but leaves have white veins running through them. This is the main famous liver-cleansing plant.milk thistle
A herb used for cirrhosis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, possibly related to its content of a flavonoid derivative, silymarin. Milk thistle has been used as an appetite stimulant, a digestive tonic, for mushroom poisoning and, topically, for psoriasis
Toxicity Milk thistle should not be used in those with liver diseasemilk thistle
Synonyms for milk thistlenoun any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowersSynonymsRelated Words- genus Sonchus
- Sonchus
- Sonchus oleraceus
- milkweed
- bush
- shrub
noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower headsSynonyms- blessed thistle
- holy thistle
- lady's thistle
- Our Lady's mild thistle
- Silybum marianum
Related Words- genus Silybum
- Silybum
- herb
- herbaceous plant
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