milkweed
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(noun) annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads |
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Synonyms: Sonchus oleraceus |
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Related Words: milk thistle, sow thistle |
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(noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
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Synonyms: silkweed |
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Related Words: Asclepia meadii, Asclepias albicans, Asclepias curassavica, Asclepias exaltata, Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias meadii, Asclepias purpurascens, Asclepias speciosa, Asclepias subverticillata, Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepias verticillata, Indian paintbrush, Mead's milkweed, blood flower, butterfly weed, chiggerflower, herb, herbaceous plant, horsetail milkweed, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, poison milkweed, poke milkweed, purple silkweed, showy milkweed, swallowwort, swamp milkweed, tuber root, white milkweed, whorled milkweed |
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