milk thistle

Noun

Meaning

tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

holy thistle blessed thistle sow thistle lady's thistle Our Lady's mild thistle Silybum marianum milkweed Scotch thistle cupflower spear thistle bull thistle creeping thistle Canada thistle Cirsium arvense plume thistle
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Hypernyms

bush herb shrub herbaceous plant

Hyponyms

milkweed Sonchus oleraceus

Examples

Silymarin, a milk thistle extract, probably will not be of much help to patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have already failed interferon therapy, researchers found. Source: Internet

From reading detox sites, to help with detox, you should be taking magnesium, milk thistle and zinc, as well as a pro-biotic. Source: Internet

Phase 2 has vitamins B2, B3, B5, B6 and B12, in combination with beet juice and other natural herbs like milk thistle, to help the body flush out toxins. Source: Internet

The Milk Thistle functions from the liver by eliminating toxins from the said organ and assisting in the detoxification of the mouth. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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