milkweed (n)
silkweed (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 20
def 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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Hypernym herb, herbaceous plant
Member holonym Asclepias, genus Asclepias
Hyponym white milkweed, Asclepias albicans; blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias curassavica; poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata; swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata; Mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadii, Asclepia meadii; purple silkweed, Asclepias purpurascens; showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa; poison milkweed, horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata; butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa; whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
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Hyponym herb, herbaceous plant
Member meronym Asclepias, genus Asclepias
Hypernym white milkweed, Asclepias albicans; blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias curassavica; poke milkweed, Asclepias exaltata; swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata; Mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadii, Asclepia meadii; purple silkweed, Asclepias purpurascens; showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa; poison milkweed, horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata; butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa; whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata

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