sow thistle

/soʊ ˌθɪsəl/
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Other forms: sow thistles

Definitions of sow thistle
  1. 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
    synonyms: milk thistle
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    types:
    Sonchus oleraceus, milkweed
    annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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