| has gloss | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
silkweed, milkweed |
| has gloss | eng: The milkweeds, Asclepias (L. 1753), are a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. |
| lexicalization | eng: milkweed |
| lexicalization | eng: silkweed |
| subclass of | (noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
herb, herbaceous plant |
| has subclass | (noun) tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
Asclepias albicans, white milkweed |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
swallowwort, blood flower, Asclepias curassavica |
| has subclass | (noun) milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed
Asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed |
| has subclass | (noun) densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata |
| has subclass | (noun) milkweed of central North America; a threatened species
Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed, Asclepia meadii |
| has subclass | (noun) perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
Asclepias purpurascens, purple silkweed |
| has subclass | (noun) milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers
Asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed |
| has subclass | (noun) milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
Asclepias subverticillata, horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed |
| has subclass | (noun) erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
Asclepias tuberosa, tuber root, butterfly weed, chigger flower, Indian paintbrush, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, orange milkweed |
| has subclass | (noun) milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed |