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Milk thistle

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  1. 1
    Any of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianum.
  2. 2
    tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America wordnet
  3. 3
    Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce
  4. 4
    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 wordnet
  5. 5
    Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:; Sonchus asper rough milk thistle
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  1. 6
    Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:; Sonchus arvensis field milk thistle
  2. 7
    Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:; Sonchus oleraceus (common sow thistle)
  3. 8
    Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:; Sonchus wilmsii

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