SILKWEED
milkweed, silkweed
(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
silkweed (usually uncountable, plural silkweeds)
(botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
Source: Wiktionary
Silk"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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