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WHITE MILKWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white milkweed mean?
• WHITE MILKWEED (noun)
The noun WHITE MILKWEED has 1 sense:
1. tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
Familiarity information: WHITE MILKWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asclepias albicans; white milkweed
Hypernyms ("white milkweed" is a kind of...):
milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)
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