milkweed
Noun
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Noun
milkweed (plural milkweeds)
- Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
- Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
- Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
- Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
- A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
- German: Seidenpflanze
- Italian: asclepiade
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