milkweed vs horsetail milkweed

horsetail milkweed vs milkweed

milkweed and horsetail milkweed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
milkweed	Yes	No	No	No
horsetail milkweed	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, horsetail milkweed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, horsetail milkweed 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
horsetail milkweed: milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock

Other hyponyms of milkweed include Asclepias albicans, white milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, blood flower, 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, poison milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root, Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed.

milkweed (noun)	horsetail milkweed (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts	milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and horsetail milkweed

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