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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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I first read about milk thistle in your column and then I tried it.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

In my hand is a steaming mug of Dr Stuart’s “Liver Detox” naturally caffeine-free tea, containing dandelion root, centaury herb and milk thistle.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2017

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

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2015

A nationwide clinical trial is testing a new treatment for amatoxin poisoning: silibinin, a drug derived from the plant milk thistle, Silybum marianum.

From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2014

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 Mary Eaton

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