milkweed (n.)

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

    [ Syn: silkweed ]

  2. annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

    [ Syn: sonchus oleraceus ]

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