lady's thistle

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lady's thistle - tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South Americablessed thistle, holy thistle, Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum, milk thistlegenus Silybum, Silybum - small genus of east African herbsherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests