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Asclepias curassavica vs silkweed

silkweed vs Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica and silkweed both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Asclepias curassavica Yes No No No
silkweed Yes No No No
As nouns, silkweed is a hypernym of Asclepias curassavica; that is, silkweed is a word with a broader meaning than Asclepias curassavica:
  • Asclepias curassavica: tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
  • silkweed: any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Other hypernyms of Asclepias curassavica include milkweed.
Asclepias curassavica (noun) silkweed (noun)
tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Difference between Asclepias curassavica and silkweed

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