milkweed
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Types & categories
- herb hypernym
- white milkweed hyponym
- swallowwort hyponym
- poke milkweed hyponym
- swamp milkweed hyponym
- Mead's milkweed hyponym
- purple silkweed hyponym
- showy milkweed hyponym
- poison milkweed hyponym
- Indian paintbrush hyponym
- whorled milkweed hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Asclepias member holonym
Sense 2 noun
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
Types & categories
- milk thistle hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Asclepias |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | herb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white milkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swallowwort |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poke milkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swamp milkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Mead's milkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | purple silkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | showy milkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | poison milkweed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Indian paintbrush |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whorled milkweed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | milk thistle |