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Silkweed

Silkweed Meaning & Definition
Silkweed Definition And Meaning

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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