Defenition of the word milkweed
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Defenition of the word milkweed
- any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
- annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
Synonyms for the word milkweed
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- silkweed
- Sonchus oleraceus
Meronymys for the word milkweed
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- Asclepias
- genus Asclepias
Hyponyms for the word milkweed
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- Asclepia meadii
- Asclepias albicans
- Asclepias curassavica
- Asclepias exaltata
- Asclepias incarnata
- Asclepias meadii
- Asclepias purpurascens
- Asclepias speciosa
- Asclepias subverticillata
- Asclepias tuberosa
- Asclepias verticillata
- blood flower
- butterfly weed
- chigger flower
- chiggerflower
- horsetail milkweed
- Indian paintbrush
- Mead's milkweed
- orange milkweed
- pleurisy root
- poison milkweed
- poke milkweed
- purple silkweed
- showy milkweed
- swallowwort
- swamp milkweed
- tuber root
- white milkweed
- whorled milkweed
Hypernyms for the word milkweed
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- herb
- herbaceous plant
- milk thistle
- sow thistle
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