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noungenus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
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- milkweed any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
- silkweed any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
- gynostegium the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias