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Definition of Milkweed
1. Noun. Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.
Exact synonyms: Silkweed
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Asclepias, Genus Asclepias
Specialized synonyms: Asclepias Albicans, White Milkweed, Asclepias Curassavica, Blood Flower, Swallowwort, Asclepias Exaltata, Poke Milkweed, Asclepias Incarnata, Swamp Milkweed, Asclepia Meadii, Asclepias Meadii, Mead's Milkweed, Asclepias Purpurascens, Purple Silkweed, Asclepias Speciosa, Showy Milkweed, Asclepias Subverticillata, Horsetail Milkweed, Poison Milkweed, Asclepias Tuberosa, Butterfly Weed, Chigger Flower, Chiggerflower, Indian Paintbrush, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Tuber Root, Asclepias Verticillata, Whorled Milkweed
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Asclepias, Genus Asclepias
Specialized synonyms: Asclepias Albicans, White Milkweed, Asclepias Curassavica, Blood Flower, Swallowwort, Asclepias Exaltata, Poke Milkweed, Asclepias Incarnata, Swamp Milkweed, Asclepia Meadii, Asclepias Meadii, Mead's Milkweed, Asclepias Purpurascens, Purple Silkweed, Asclepias Speciosa, Showy Milkweed, Asclepias Subverticillata, Horsetail Milkweed, Poison Milkweed, Asclepias Tuberosa, Butterfly Weed, Chigger Flower, Chiggerflower, Indian Paintbrush, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Tuber Root, Asclepias Verticillata, Whorled Milkweed
2. Noun. Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads.
Definition of Milkweed
1. 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.
Definition of Milkweed
1. a plant that secretes a milky juice [n -S]
Medical Definition of Milkweed
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