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milk thistle

British  

noun

  1. another name for sow thistle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Within three months of taking milk thistle plus a statin, my numbers were down to normal.

From Seattle Times Jan. 17, 2024

Our terror over grimy insides has also seen liquid charcoal, milk thistle, magnesium, zinc and others join the growing fight against toxins.

From The Guardian Mar. 9, 2021

Morning Recovery is a 3.4-ounce lemon-flavored liquid in a small blue bottle that combines raisin tree extract with extracts of prickly pear, Korean pear, milk thistle and red ginseng.

From Washington Post Dec. 19, 2019

He’s now a fierce believer in Japanese yams, wild greens and milk thistle.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2015

If they have fed greedily on the blossoms of the milk thistle or the elm, it will render them incapable of working, and the hive will be stained with filth.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

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