MILKWEED
\mˈɪlkwiːd], \mˈɪlkwiːd], \m_ˈɪ_l_k_w_iː_d]\
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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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annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
By Princeton University
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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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annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.
By Oddity Software
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Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.
By Noah Webster.
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