"milkweed" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: milkweeds [plural]
Etymology: milk + weed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|milk|weed}} milk + weed Head templates: {{en-noun}} milkweed (plural milkweeds)
  1. Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
    Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
    Categories (lifeform): Dogbane family plants, Flowers Translations (plant of the genus Asclepias): silkkiyrtti (Finnish), Seidenpflanze [feminine] (German), asclepiade [feminine] (Italian), šiʔdo qʰale (Kashaya), trojeść [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-milkweed-en-noun-zXvpISqk Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 31 28 19 23 Disambiguation of Flowers: 26 26 26 23 Hyponyms (plants in genus Asclepias): common milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias syriaca), clasping milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias amplexicaulis), butterfly milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias tuberosa), fourleaf milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias quadrifolia), green comet milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias viridiflora), poke milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias exaltata), purple milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias purpurascens), red milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias rubra), redring milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias variegata), swamp milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias incarnata), whorled milkweed (taxonomic: Asclepias verticillata) Disambiguation of 'plants in genus Asclepias': 49 37 7 7 Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Asclepias': 51 39 5 5
  2. Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
    Also of the genus Calotropis in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
    Categories (lifeform): Dogbane family plants, Flowers Translations (plant of the genus Calotropis): عُشَر (ʕušar) [masculine] (Arabic), madari (Finnish), Kielkrone [feminine, rare] (German)
    Sense id: en-milkweed-en-noun-brhi0jRg Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 31 28 19 23 Disambiguation of Flowers: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of 'plant of the genus Calotropis': 40 51 5 4
  3. Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
    Euphorbia peplus and Euphorbia heterophylla, in order Malpighiales.
    Categories (lifeform): Dogbane family plants, Flowers, Spurges Translations (plant Euphorbia peplus): kolmisädetyräkki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-milkweed-en-noun-jeUySdtj Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 31 28 19 23 Disambiguation of Flowers: 26 26 26 23 Disambiguation of Spurges: 22 21 32 25 Disambiguation of 'plant Euphorbia peplus': 14 14 57 15
  4. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp). Categories (lifeform): Danaine butterflies, Dogbane family plants, Flowers
    Sense id: en-milkweed-en-noun-8aDcATI5 Disambiguation of Danaine butterflies: 17 11 17 55 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 31 28 19 23 Disambiguation of Flowers: 26 26 26 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 18 18 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 14 20 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: silkweed Derived forms: heartleaf milkweed, milkweed bug, orange milkweed, tropical milkweed

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "plant Euphorbia peplus",
      "word": "kolmisädetyräkki"
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