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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