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milk thistle

milk this·tle (plural milk this·tles)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.K. plants 
Same as  sow thistle


2. medicinal thistle: a thistle that has dark green leaves streaked with white veins. Flowers: purple. Use: in herbal medicine, to treat the liver. Latin name Silybum marianum.

[ Milk< its milky sap]
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