blessed thistle

Noun
  1. Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads;
    Naturalized in California and South America (synset 112035994)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    belongs to: genus silybum, silybum - small genus of east African herbs
    same as: holy thistle, lady's thistle, milk thistle, our lady's mild thistle, silybum marianum
  2. Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers (synset 111976001)
    is a type of: thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
    belongs to: cnicus, genus cnicus - one species: blessed thistle
    same as: cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan

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