milkweed vs white milkweed

white milkweed vs milkweed

milkweed and white milkweed both are nouns.

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

As nouns, white milkweed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, white 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
white milkweed: tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States

Other hyponyms of milkweed include Asclepias albicans, 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, 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)	white milkweed (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts	tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and white milkweed

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