Milk Thistle — synonyms, definition

1. milk thistle (Noun)

6 synonyms
Our Lady's mild thistle Silybum marianum blessed thistle holy thistle lady's thistle sow thistle
2 definitions

milk thistle (Noun) — 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.

milk thistle (Noun) — Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America.

4 types of
bush herb herbaceous plant shrub
2 types
Sonchus oleraceus milkweed
4 parts of
Silybum Sonchus genus Silybum genus Sonchus