milkweed vs poke milkweed

poke milkweed vs milkweed

milkweed and poke milkweed both are nouns.

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

As nouns, poke milkweed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, poke 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
poke milkweed: milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed

Other hyponyms of milkweed include Asclepias albicans, white milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias exaltata, 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)	poke 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 the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and poke milkweed

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