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Webster 1913 Edition

Silkweed

Silk′weedˊ

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

Any plant of the genera

Asclepias

and

Acerates

whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.

Definition 2024

silkweed

silkweed

English

Noun

silkweed ‎(usually uncountable, plural silkweeds)

(botany) Any plant of the genera Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.