Sonchus (songkus)

1700), are often toothed with soft or rigid spines it The thellow heads are irregularly clustered at the summits of branches. The species are fond of barn-yards and moist rich soil, whence the name sow - thistle. S. tenerrimus is eaten as a salad in Italy, and S. oleraceus was once so used in various parts of Europe. (See hare's - lettuce.) The genus is reputed a galactagogue. One or two species with hand song some leaves and flowers, from Madeira and the Canaries, are sometimes cultivated under gla . See sow -thistle. soncie, soncy, a. See sonsy. sondt, Sondayt, n. An obsolete form of Sunday. sondet, n. Same as sand2. sondelt, n. An obsolete variant of sendal. sondeli (son'de-li), n. [E. Ind.] The monjourou, muskrat, musk-shrew, or rat-tailed shrew n. A Middle English form of sand1, sand2. IMG:content-1536.jpg:[graphic][merged small] of India, Sorex murinus (Linnæus, 1766), S. myosurus (Pallas, 1785), or Crocidura myosura, an insectivorous mammal, exhaling a strong musky odor. The name specially denotes a variety which is semi-domesticated, and sometimes called gray musk -shrew (C. cærule a ), as distinguished from the wild brown musk-shrew.