ORANGE MILKWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orange milkweed mean? 

• ORANGE MILKWEED (noun)
  The noun ORANGE MILKWEED has 1 sense:

1. erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

  Familiarity information: ORANGE MILKWEED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORANGE MILKWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias tuberosa; butterfly weed; chigger flower; chiggerflower; Indian paintbrush; orange milkweed; pleurisy root; tuber root

Hypernyms ("orange 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)