Silybum

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Noun

Silybum - small genus of east African herbs genus Silybumasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsaster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinniablessed thistle, holy thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum, milk thistle - tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

Silybum

(milk thistle), a genus of plants of the family Compositae. The plants are biennial or perennial herbs reaching 1.5 m in height. The leaves are alternate, large, white-spotted, pinnately lobed, and spinose-toothed. The flowers, which are tubular, bisexual, and usually purple, are large (3–6 cm across) and in solitary heads. The fruit is a compressed achene with a pappus of rough, white bristles. There are two species, distributed in Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Southwest and Middle Asia, and North Africa. The USSR has one species, the blessed thistle (S. marianum), which grows along roads and fields, on fallow land, in gardens, and near dwellings. The plant is sometimes raised as an ornamental. The fruits contain an edible oil.

MedicalSeemilk thistle

Silybum

noun

Synonyms for Silybum

noun small genus of east African herbs

Synonyms

genus Silybum

Related Words

asterid dicot genus
aster family
Asteraceae
Compositae
family Asteraceae
family Compositae
blessed thistle
holy thistle
lady's thistle
Our Lady's mild thistle
Silybum marianum
milk thistle

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