Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts.
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Examples for "milkweed "
Examples for "milkweed "
1 The resulting wrestling match sent up another thick cloud of milkweed fluff.
2 It is chocolate milkweed , and it is as smooth as Chinese silk.
3 He closed his hand around one of the tall stalks of milkweed .
4 Young milkweed is better than spinach, and also makes an excellent salad.
5 Also, you may have as many milkweed pods as you can carry.
1 The dyke curved round for nearly a kilometre, the water in it growing fetid and the silkweed becoming a toxic orange.
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