Definition of milkweed Milkweed
/mɪˈlkwiˌd/ - [milkweed] - milk•weed
We found 6 definitions of milkweed from 4 different sources.
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What does milkweed mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: milkweeds |
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| milkweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts | ||
| silkweed | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| asclepias, genus asclepias genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed | ||
| asclepias albicans, white milkweed tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States | ||
| asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics | ||
| asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed | ||
| asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers | ||
| asclepia meadii, asclepias meadii, mead's milkweed milkweed of central North America; a threatened species | ||
| asclepias purpurascens, purple silkweed perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers | ||
| asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers | ||
| asclepias subverticillata, horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock | ||
| asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root, indian paintbrush erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers | ||
| milkweed - annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads | ||
| Sonchus oleraceus | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- milkweed (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- milkweed, noun, singular of milkweeds.
