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milk thistle noun Etymology: Middle English mylkthystel, from mylk, milk milk + thystel, thistel thistle 1. : a tall thistle (Silybum marianum) that has large clasping white-blotched leaves and large purple flower heads with bristly receptacles and is native to southern Europe but adventive or naturalized in No. America and many other areas 2. : milkweed e(2) |