Silkweed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silkweed \Silk"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
     Any plant of the genera {Asclepias} and {Acerates} whose seed
     vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]