Word Type

Noun

The word "milkweed" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

heartleaf milkweed milkweed bug milkweed butterfly orange milkweed sandhill milkweed scarlet milkweed tropical milkweed

Derived From

milk weed

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

herb herbaceous plant milk thistle sow thistle

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

butterfly milkweed clasping milkweed common milkweed fourleaf milkweed green comet milkweed poke milkweed purple milkweed red milkweed redring milkweed swamp milkweed whorled milkweed

Type Of (IsA)

gentian order herb herbaceous plant sow thistle

Related Terms

apocynaceae asclepias calotropis danaus gentianales malpighiales monarch butterfly plant pod sap

Synonym Network

silkweed

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