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Definition of Genus silybum
1. Noun. Small genus of east African herbs.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Blessed Thistle, Holy Thistle, Lady's Thistle, Milk Thistle, Our Lady's Mild Thistle, Silybum Marianum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Silybum
Literary usage of Genus silybum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"Plants of the genus Silybum, and of the genus Echinops, which belongs to a very
different section of the Composite, are often to be seen in flower-gardens, ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"—Plants of the genus Silybum, distinguished by its monadelphous stamens, and of
the genus Echinops, which has a very different manner of growth, ..."
3. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"The expressed juice of the plant wae formerly reckoned good for cancerous sores
and cutaneous eruptions. —Plants of the genus Silybum, distinguished by its ..."
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