SILYBUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Silybum mean? 

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

1. small genus of east African herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILYBUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of east African herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Silybum; Silybum

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

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Silybum"):

blessed thistle; holy thistle; lady's thistle; milk thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle; Silybum marianum (tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

 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)