Sonchus oleraceus

Definitions of Sonchus oleraceus
  1. noun
    annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
    synonyms: milkweed
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    type of:
    milk thistle, sow 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
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