Plant-Name Dictionary
Milk Thistle — names in 25 European languages
Silybum marianum
| Language | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Hrvatski Croatian | Sikavica |
| Čeština Czech | ostropestřec mariánský |
| Dansk Danish | Marietidsel |
| Nederlands Dutch | Mariadistel |
| English English | Milk Thistle blessed milk thistle, blessed milk-thistle, Blessed milkthistle, Blessed Thistle, bull thistle, Cabbage Thistle, Disseld, gundagai thistle, Holy thistle, lady's thistle, Marian thistle, Mary's Thistle, milk-thistle, Our Lady's Milk Thistle, Spotted Thistle, St. Mary's thistle, variegated artichoke, variegated thistle |
| Eesti Estonian | harilik maarjaohakas |
| Suomi Finnish | maarianohdake |
| Français French | chardon-Marie chardon argenté, chardon Marie, lait de Notre Dame, Silybe de Marie, silybum marial |
| Deutsch German | Mariendistel Gewöhnliche Mariendistel |
| Ελληνικά Greek | Γαιδουράγκαθο γαϊδουράγκαθο |
| Magyar Hungarian | máriatövis szúrós máriatövis |
| Italiano Italian | Cardo di Santa Maria |
| Lietuvių Lithuanian | Tikrasis margainis Margainis |
| Polski Polish | Ostropest plamisty |
| Português Portuguese | silibina Cardo leiteiro, cardo-de-santa-maria, cardo-leiteiro, cardo-mariano, cardo-santo, silimarina |
| Română Romanian | Armurariu |
| Slovenčina Slovak | Pestrec mariánsky |
| Slovenščina Slovenian | pegasti badelj |
| Español Spanish | cardo-asnal cardo asnal, cardo de María, cardo lechero, cardo mariano, cardo-mariano |
| Svenska Swedish | mariatistel |
| Русский Russian | Расторопша пятнистая ostro-pestro, rastoropša pjatnistaja |
| Українська Ukrainian | Розторопша плямиста |
| Norsk Norwegian | mariatistel maritistel |
| Català Catalan | Card marià |
| Türkçe Turkish | devedikeni |
How these names are verified. Each name is drawn from authoritative botanical databases (GBIF vernacular names, Catalogue of Life, EPPO, Wikidata) and published only when confirmed by a curated authority or two independent sources — never machine-translated.