silkweed meaning

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silkweed (noun): any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.

Definition of silkweed

  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

    Synonyms: milkweed

    Type of: herb

    Kinds: white milkweed, blood flower, poke milkweed, swamp milkweed, Mead's milkweed, purple silkweed, showy milkweed, poison milkweed, butterfly weed, whorled milkweed

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SI · words ending in ED · 8-letter words

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