SILYBUM MARIANUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Silybum marianum mean? 

• SILYBUM MARIANUM (noun)
  The noun SILYBUM MARIANUM has 1 sense:

1. tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

  Familiarity information: SILYBUM MARIANUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILYBUM MARIANUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blessed thistle; holy thistle; lady's thistle; milk thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle; Silybum marianum

Hypernyms ("Silybum marianum" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Silybum marianum" is a member of...):

genus Silybum; Silybum (small genus of east African herbs)

 Context examples 

A substance derived from any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs including the plant Silybum marianum.

(Milk thistle, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Silybum marianum.

(Milk thistle, NCI Dictionary)

Silybin, also known as silibinin, is a mixture of two stereoisomers, denoted silybin A and silybin B, and is the major active constituent of silymarin, a mixture of flavonolignans extracted from blessed milk thistle (Silybum marianum).

(Phosphatidylcholine-Bound Silybin, NCI Thesaurus)

Indole-3-carbinol, found in vegetables of the Cruciferae family, may inhibit mammary cell growth and exerts antiestrogenic activity; Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) and Schizandra chinensis may enhance some of the phase II detoxification enzymes; Calcium-D-glucarate and vitamin D3 may inhibit mammary cell growth; stinging nettle may exert its effect through its aromatase inhibiting activity; HMR lignans may have a beneficial effect on estrogen balance and levels.

(Indole-3-Carbinol/Calcium/Schizandra/Vitamin D3/Milk Thistle/Stinging Nettle/Lignan-Based Nutritional Capsule, NCI Thesaurus)