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Silkweed
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What's The Definition Of Silkweed?
[n] any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Synonyms | Synonyms for Silkweed: milkweed Related Terms | Find terms related to Silkweed: See Also | Asclepia meadii | Asclepias | Asclepias albicans | Asclepias curassavica | Asclepias exaltata | Asclepias incarnata | Asclepias meadii | Asclepias purpurascens | Asclepias speciosa | Asclepias subverticillata | Asclepias tuberosa | Asclepias verticillata | blood flower | butterfly weed | chiggerflower | genus Asclepias | herb | herbaceous plant | 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 Silkweed In Webster's Dictionary \Silk"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genera {Asclepias} and {Acerates} whose seed
vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
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