
Silybum marianum
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Homeopathic Medicine, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Milk Thistle (Wiktionary)
English
Noun
milk thistle (plural milk thistles)
- Any of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianum.
- Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce
- Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:
- Sonchus asper rough milk thistle
- Sonchus arvensis field milk thistle
- Sonchus oleraceus (common sow thistle)
- Sonchus wilmsii
Synonyms
- (Silybum marianum): blessed milkthistle, holy thistle, variegated thistle