milkweed vs swamp milkweed

swamp milkweed vs milkweed

milkweed and swamp milkweed both are nouns.

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

As nouns, swamp milkweed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, swamp 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
swamp milkweed: densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers

Other hyponyms of milkweed include Asclepias albicans, white milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort, Asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, 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)	swamp milkweed (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts	densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and swamp milkweed

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