milkweed.
Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
Meaning & usage
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
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
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.
A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp).
Where this word comes from
From milk + weed.
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