milkweed
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- noun
- /ˈmɪlkˌwiːd/
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- In their rented farmhouse there, the windows collected sunshine from surrounding fields full of milkweed, daisies, and buttercups.
- milkweed leaves
- milkweed plant
- common milkweed
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Examples
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The insects that consume milkweed occupy just about every conceivable feeding niche.
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As this issue goes to press, silky milkweed seeds are bursting out of their crescent-shaped pods.
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Was there any Johnson grass or milkweed around?
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Dear me, I almost forgot to put out the pitcher plant, and the milkweed is coming with butter and eggs!
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Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on leaves of milkweed plants, which grow in and around cornfields.
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To find out, the researchers established corn pollen density and distribution patterns on milkweed leaves near cornfields.
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Small milkweed bugs (Lygaeus kalmii) can sometimes be found in large numbers on milkweed plants, where they mate.
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A monarch caterpillar creates its own window of opportunity on the leaf of a swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata.
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In particular, they say, herbicide use on Midwest farmland destroys many milkweed plants on which monarch larvae grow.
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Many gardeners choose to plant milkweed to support the declining monarch butterfly population.
Synonyms
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A group of flowering plants with milky sap called milkweeds
A plant with milky juice and seed pods that release fluffy seeds
Compounds
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A tall desert plant from the southwestern United States with white leafless stems and pale star-shaped flowers
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A milkweed plant from eastern North America with white and green flowers that grows in shady woods
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A large orange and black North American butterfly whose caterpillars eat milkweed
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A plant with large purple and pink star-shaped flowers that attract butterflies
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A plant that grows in dry areas and is poisonous to farm animals
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A tall plant that lives for many years and has bright orange flowers that attract butterflies
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A flowering plant with narrow leaves that grow in rings around the stem and small greenish-white flowers
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A rare flowering plant that lives many years in central North America and is now threatened
A milkweed plant from the southwestern United States and Mexico that makes farm animals very sick
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word milkweed is made of milk and weed because the plant has a white 'milky sap' and grows as a wild plant. So, a milkweed is a wild plant known for its milk-like sap and its silky seeds.