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Meanings of milkweed in English

Catalan
asclepiadàcia

Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.

        asclepiadàcia
        Portuguese
        serralha

        Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads.

              serralha
              Usage of milkweed in English
              1
              The resulting wrestling match sent up another thick cloud of milkweed fluff.
              The Bone Doll's Twin
              2
              It is chocolate milkweed, and it is as smooth as Chinese silk.
              Abducted to Oz
              3
              He closed his hand around one of the tall stalks of milkweed.
              Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
              4
              Young milkweed is better than spinach, and also makes an excellent salad.
              Three Acres and Liberty
              5
              Also, you may have as many milkweed pods as you can carry.
              Abducted to Oz
              6
              When he dusted his palms together, the fur floated away like milkweed.
              The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
              7
              The koala bear can eat eucalyptus leaves, and monarch butterfly caterpillars milkweed.
              On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
              8
              Alan leaned in and saw that it was a milkweed pod.
              Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
              9
              Look at a milkweed seed; it is a complete flying apparatus.
              The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
              10
              To the west an injured stag nosed milkweed from between rocks.
              Watcher of the Dead
              11
              Indeed, the chocolate milkweed was the most delicious thing Graham had ever tasted.
              Abducted to Oz
              12
              Edible sweet milkweed flowers added a pleasing decoration to many of the dishes.
              The Shelters of Stone
              13
              Our milkweed flower is a deeply planned contrivance to insure such an end.
              My Studio Neighbors
              14
              Before him lay a field gone to wild grass and milkweed.
              The story of edgar sawtelle
              15
              Beer cans and the milkweed of old cigarette filters litter the scrubby ground.
              Black house
              16
              Think again of the number of pods on one milkweed plant!
              The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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              Portuguese
              serralha
              Milkweed through the time