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lady's thistle

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la⋅dy's-this⋅tle

[ley-deez-this-uhl]
–noun
a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.


Origin:
1545–55
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lady's thistle

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