Milk thistle
Milk thistle noun - 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.
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Synonyms for Milk thistle
Sow thistle is a synonym for milk thistle. In some cases you can use "Sow thistle" instead a noun phrase "Milk thistle".
Sow thistle
Sow thistle noun - 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.
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Synonyms for Sow thistle
Milk thistle is a synonym for sow thistle. You can use "Milk thistle" instead a noun phrase "Sow thistle".
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