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

1 sense of holy 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)