Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blessed_thistle

2 senses of blessed thistle

Sense 1
milk thistle, lady's thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, holy thistle, blessed thistle, Silybum marianum -- (tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
blessed thistle, sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus -- (annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers)
       => thistle -- (any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves)