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noun
Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.
synonym: milkweed.
is a specific kind of: herb, herbaceous plant.
is a broader term that covers: Asclepias albicans, white milkweed | Asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort | Asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed | Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed | Asclepia meadii, Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed | Asclepias purpurascens, purple silkweed | Asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed | Asclepias subverticillata, horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root | Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed.
is a member of: Asclepias, genus Asclepias.
Dutch: melkplantPolish: trojeść
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