Milkweed

Milkweed
Milkweed Milk"weed`, n. (Bot.) 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. Its leaves are a favorite food source for the larvae of the monarch butterfly. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:
, (Asclepias syriaca)


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  • milkweed — [milk′wēd΄] n. 1. any of a genus (Asclepias) of perennial plants of the milkweed family, with a milky juice, or latex, and pods which when ripe burst to release plumed seeds 2. any of various plants with similar milky juice adj. designating a… …   English World dictionary

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  • milkweed — (n.) 1590s, from MILK (Cf. milk) (n.) + WEED (Cf. weed) (n.); used in reference to various plants whose juice resembles milk …   Etymology dictionary

  • milkweed — noun Date: circa 1592 any of various plants that secrete latex; especially any of a genus (Asclepias of the family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) of erect chiefly perennial herbs with milky juice and umbellate flowers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • milkweed — /milk weed /, n. 1. any of several plants that secrete a milky juice or latex, esp. those of the genus Asclepias, as A. syriaca. Cf. milkweed family. 2. any of various other plants having a milky juice, as certain spurges. [1590 1600; MILK +… …   Universalium

  • milkweed — milk·weed milk .wēd n any of various plants that secrete latex esp any plant of the genus Asclepias (family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) including several whose dried roots were formerly used medicinally * * * milk·weed (milkґwēd)… …   Medical dictionary

  • milkweed — noun 1》 a herbaceous American plant with milky sap. [Genus Asclepias.] 2》 (also milkweed butterfly) another term for monarch (in sense 2) …   English new terms dictionary

  • milkweed — /ˈmɪlkwid/ (say milkweed) noun any of various plants with milky juice, as the widely distributed herbs or shrubs of the genus Asclepias. See cotton bush …  

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  • Milkweed Editions — Founded 1979 Founder Emilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes Country of origin United States Headquarters location Minneapolis Distribution Publishers Group West …   Wikipedia

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