Silkweed
61swallowwort — noun 1. tropical herb having orange red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics • Syn: ↑blood flower, ↑Asclepias curassavica • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed 2. perennial herb with… …
62tuber root — noun erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers • Syn: ↑butterfly weed, ↑orange milkweed, ↑chigger flower, ↑chiggerflower, ↑pleurisy root, ↑Indian paintbrush, ↑Asclepias tuberosa …
63white milkweed — noun tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States • Syn: ↑Asclepias albicans • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed …
64whorled milkweed — noun milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish white flowers • Syn: ↑Asclepias verticillata • Hypernyms: ↑milkweed, ↑silkweed * * * noun : either of two No. American milkweeds with narrow leaves and greenish… …
65milk|weed — «MIHLK WEED», noun. 1. a weed with white juice that looks like milk and seeds tufted with long, silky hairs; silkweed. Milkweed is an herb of North America and Africa. »One of the most attractive milkweeds is the brilliant butterfly weed (Earl L …
