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Sonchus

noun

sow thistles

• Syn: ↑genus Sonchus

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑sow thistle, ↑milk thistle

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\\ˈsäŋkəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, sow thistle, from Greek sonchos

: a genus of Old World herbs (family Compositae) comprising the sow thistles and having coarse often spiny-tipped foliage, heads of yellow flowers, and ribbed achenes crowned with soft white pappus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.