1. (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

• silkweed

2. (noun) annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

• sonchus oleraceus

1. (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

• asclepia meadii
• asclepias meadii
• mead's milkweed
• asclepias albicans
• white milkweed
• asclepias curassavica
• blood flower
• swallowwort
• asclepias exaltata
• poke milkweed
• asclepias incarnata
• swamp milkweed
• asclepias purpurascens
• purple silkweed
• asclepias speciosa
• showy milkweed
• asclepias subverticillata
• horsetail milkweed
• poison milkweed
• asclepias tuberosa
• butterfly weed
• chigger flower
• chiggerflower
• indian paintbrush
• orange milkweed
• pleurisy root
• tuber root
• asclepias verticillata
• whorled milkweed

1. (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

• asclepias
• genus asclepias

1. (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

• herb
• herbaceous plant

2. (noun) annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

• milk thistle
• sow thistle