Definition of
milkweed has definitions from the field of botany
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[ noun ] (botany) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

Synonyms

silkweed

Related terms

herb blood_flower purple_silkweed poke_milkweed swamp_milkweed Mead's_milkweed white_milkweed showy_milkweed poison_milkweed butterfly_weed whorled_milkweed Asclepias

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[ noun ] (botany) annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Synonyms

Sonchus_oleraceus

Related terms

sow_thistle

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Rhymes with

duckweed seaweed pokeweed we'd weed ragweed swede tweed fireweed

Phonetic and Homophones

M IH1 L K W IY2 D

Similar Spelling

milk-white

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