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Sonchus

Sonchus

9.9
A group of wild plants with yellow flowers often thought of as weeds
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Sonchus species are often considered weeds in gardens due to their rapid growth.

Examples

  • Researchers studied the medicinal properties of several Sonchus varieties.

  • Many species of Sonchus thrive in disturbed soils.

  • Many insects feed on the leaves of Sonchus plants in the wild.

  • The Sonchus plant is often found in gardens.

  • Many insects feed on the leaves of Sonchus plants in the wild.

  • Researchers studied the medicinal properties of several Sonchus varieties.

  • The Sonchus species are often considered weeds in gardens due to their rapid growth.

Synonyms

sow thistle
vsSonchus
9.6

A prickly plant with yellow flowers and white sap often found in gardens as a weed

is the scientific genus name covering those species

Compounds

Sonchus oleraceus
  • Specialized
9.9

A common weed with soft spiny leaves and yellow flowers that people sometimes eat

Surface Forms

Sonchus singular
Sonchuses plural

Etymology

Sonchus comes from an old Greek word sonchos, which named a thistle-like plant and gave us the common name sow thistle. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'sow' as 'a pig' that might eat these plants and 'thistle' as the spiky weed, so Sonchus refers to those thistle-like weeds.