silkweed

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noun

Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

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Meanings

nounsilkweed (usually uncountable, plural silkweeds)

plural silkweeds

  1. uncountableusuallybiologyAny plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

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Broader
herbherbaceous plant
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From silk + weed.

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APA

silkweed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkweed

MLA

“silkweed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkweed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silkweed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silkweed.

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