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milk thistle vs Sonchus oleraceus

Sonchus oleraceus vs milk thistle

milk thistle and Sonchus oleraceus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
milk thistle Yes No No No
Sonchus oleraceus Yes No No No
As nouns, Sonchus oleraceus is a hyponym of milk thistle; that is, Sonchus oleraceus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than milk thistle:
  • milk thistle: any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
  • Sonchus oleraceus: annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
Other hyponyms of milk thistle include milkweed.
milk thistle (noun) Sonchus oleraceus (noun)
any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
Difference between milk thistle and Sonchus oleraceus

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