|
|
1. (n.) milkweed
any of several plants of the genus Asclepias, characterized by a milky juice, clusters of white-to-purple flowers, and pods filled with silky tufted seeds.
2. milkweed
any of various other plants having a milky juice, as certain spurges.
Etymology: (1590–1600)
|
| Definition of 'milkweed' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) milkweed, silkweed
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
2. (noun) milkweed, Sonchus oleraceus
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
|
| Definition of 'milkweed' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) milkweed
any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'milkweed' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of milkweed 
