Definition of silkweeds Silkweeds
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What does silkweeds mean?
Part of speech
🔤- silkweeds, noun, plural of silkweed.
WordNet
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| silkweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts | ||
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| 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- silkweed (n.)
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
Part of speech
🔤- silkweed, noun, singular of silkweeds.
