Hypertext Webster Gateway: "silkweed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Silkweed \Silk"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genera {Asclepias} and {Acerates} whose seed
vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
silkweed
n : any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky
juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy
tufts [syn: {milkweed}]
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