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Blessed thistle   /blɛst θˈɪsəl/   Listen
Blessed thistle

noun
1.
Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America.  Synonyms: holy thistle, lady's thistle, milk thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum.
2.
Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers.  Synonyms: Cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan.






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"Blessed thistle" Quotes from Famous Books



... shepherd's purse, mallows, wild marjoram, crane's bill, marsh-mallows, false eglantine, laurel, violet, blue flag, wild indigo, solomon's seal, dragon's blood, comfrey, milfoil, many sorts of fern, wild lilies of different kinds, agrimony, wild leek, blessed thistle, snakeroot, Spanish figs which grow out of the leaves, tarragon and numerous other plants and flowers; but as we are not skilled in those things, we cannot say much of them; yet it is not to be doubted that experts would be able to ...
— Narrative of New Netherland • J. F. Jameson, Editor



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