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Meaning of milk thistle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of the thistles in the genus Silybum, especially Silybum marianum.
  2. Lactuca serriola, prickly lettuce
  3. Various plants of genus Sonchus (sow thistles) with milky sap:
  4. Sonchus asper rough milk thistle
  5. Sonchus arvensis field milk thistle
  6. Sonchus oleraceus (common sow thistle)
  7. Sonchus wilmsii

Equivalents

Català card marià
Čeština ostropestřec ostropestřec mariánský
Deutsch Mariendistel
Ελληνικά γαϊδουράγκαθο
Suomi maarianohdake piikkisalaatti
Gaeilge feochadán Muire
Gàidhlig fòghnan-breac
日本語 大薊
한국어 흰무늬엉겅퀴
Polski ostropest
Русский лату́к ди́кий молокан расторопша расторо́пша пятни́стая
Türkçe deve dikeni peygamber dikeni yabani marul yağ marulu

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

milk toast milk token milk tongue milk tooth milk train milk treading

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