- milk·weed
- /ˈmılkˌwiːd/ noun, pl -weeds [count, noncount]: a type of North American plant that has white juice
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milk|weed — «MIHLK WEED», noun. 1. a weed with white juice that looks like milk and seeds tufted with long, silky hairs; silkweed. Milkweed is an herb of North America and Africa. »One of the most attractive milkweeds is the brilliant butterfly weed (Earl L … Useful english dictionary
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Milk thistle — This article is about the true milk thistles. For another plant that is sometimes referred to as a milk thistle, see Sow thistle (disambiguation). Milk thistle Silybum marianum Scientific classification … Wikipedia
milk thistle — /ˈmɪlk θɪsəl/ (say milk thisuhl) noun 1. an annual or biennial herb with spiny leaves and reddish purple capitula, Silybum marianum, widespread in temperate grasslands and waste places. 2. any of several species of the genus Sonchus, with yellow… …
silk-weed — n. Milk weed, wild cotton … New dictionary of synonyms
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Goat weed — Goat Goat (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged, Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hollow horned ruminant of the genus {Capra}, of several species… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
(the) weed — a taboo substance which is smoked Formerly tobacco, to smoke which in Victorian times was antisocial outside the Smoking Room, but now marijuana: ... a man whose private worth is only to be equalled by the purity of his milk punch and… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
devil's milk — noun 1. an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States • Syn: ↑petty spurge, ↑Euphorbia peplus • Hypernyms: ↑spurge • Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑genus Euphorbia … Useful english dictionary
ghost weed — noun annual spurge of western United States having showy white bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk • Syn: ↑snow on the mountain, ↑snow in summer, ↑Euphorbia marginata • Hypernyms: ↑spurge • Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
