milkweed (English, noun)
expansion: milkweed (plural milkweeds)
Senses:
glosses: 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
glosses: Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
glosses: Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
glosses: A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Forms:
form: milkweeds
tags: plural