milkweed vs showy milkweed

showy milkweed vs milkweed

milkweed and showy milkweed both are nouns.

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

As nouns, showy milkweed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, showy 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
showy milkweed: milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers

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, 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)	showy 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 southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and showy milkweed

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