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milkweed vs milk thistle

milk thistle vs milkweed

milkweed and milk thistle both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
milkweed Yes No No No
milk thistle Yes No No No
As nouns, milk thistle is a hypernym of milkweed; that is, milk thistle is a word with a broader meaning than milkweed:
  • milkweed: annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
  • milk thistle: any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
Other hypernyms of milkweed include sow thistle.
milkweed (noun) milk thistle (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
Difference between milkweed and milk thistle

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