The channel had become filled with reeds, and great quantities of enormous milk or sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceous).    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference

At Cumana I heard it derived in a manner somewhat far-fetched from the Spanish word cogollo, signifying the heart of oleraceous plants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference

According to Sykes it constructs its nest of oleraceous herbs in the fields, and Hodgson states it to tenant woods and coppices in Nepal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference