benediktenkraut

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blessed thistle
tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
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An annual, yellow-flowered, thistlelike Mediterranean herb (Cnicus benedictus) in the composite family, used in herbal medicine