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English noun: milkweed

1. milkweed (plant) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts


Synonymssilkweed


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)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


Member meronymAsclepias, genus Asclepias

2. milkweed (plant) annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads


SynonymsSonchus oleraceus


Broader (hypernym)milk thistle, sow thistle









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