Noun: milkweed 'milk,weed
- Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
"Monarch butterflies rely on milkweed as a food source for their caterpillars";
- silkweed
- Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
"The milkweed's yellow flowers attracted bees to the garden";
- Sonchus oleraceus
Derived forms: milkweeds
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, milk thistle, sow thistle
Part of: Asclepias, genus Asclepias
Encyclopedia: Milkweed