Milkweed — synonyms, definition

1. milkweed (Noun)

Sonchus oleraceus silkweed

milkweed (Noun) — Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.

milkweed (Noun) — Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads.

herb herbaceous plant milk thistle sow thistle Asclepia meadii Asclepias albicans Asclepias curassavica Asclepias exaltata Asclepias incarnata Asclepias meadii Asclepias purpurascens Asclepias speciosa Asclepias subverticillata Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias verticillata Indian paintbrush Mead's milkweed blood flower butterfly weed chigger flower chiggerflower horsetail milkweed orange milkweed pleurisy root • • • Asclepias genus Asclepias