milkweed vs blood flower

blood flower vs milkweed

milkweed and blood flower both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
milkweed	Yes	No	No	No
blood flower	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blood flower is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, blood flower is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than milkweed:

milkweed: any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
blood flower: tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics

Other hyponyms of milkweed include Asclepias albicans, white milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, swallowwort, Asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed, Asclepia meadii, Asclepias meadii, Mead's 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.

milkweed (noun)	blood flower (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts	tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and blood flower

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