Definitions for: Silkweed

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

Webster (1913) Definition: Silk"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed
vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

Synonyms: milkweed

See Also: Asclepia meadii, Asclepias, Asclepias albicans, Asclepias curassavica, Asclepias exaltata, Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias meadii, Asclepias purpurascens, Asclepias speciosa, Asclepias subverticillata, Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepias verticillata, blood flower, butterfly weed, chiggerflower, genus Asclepias, herb, herbaceous plant, horsetail milkweed, Indian paintbrush, Mead's 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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