milkweed vs whorled milkweed

whorled milkweed vs milkweed

milkweed and whorled milkweed both are nouns.

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

As nouns, whorled milkweed is a hyponym of milkweed; that is, whorled 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
whorled milkweed: milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white 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, 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.

milkweed (noun)	whorled 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 narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Difference between milkweed and whorled milkweed

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