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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
blessed thistle
 
NOUN: An annual, yellow-flowered, thistlelike Mediterranean herb (Cnicus benedictus) in the composite family, used in herbal medicine.
ETYMOLOGY:From its use by monks in the Middle Ages.
 
 
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  Blessed Sacrament Blessed Virgin Mary  
 
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