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silkweed vs butterfly weed

butterfly weed vs silkweed

silkweed and butterfly weed both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
silkweed Yes No No No
butterfly weed Yes No No No
As nouns, butterfly weed is a hyponym of silkweed; that is, butterfly weed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than silkweed:
  • silkweed: any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
  • butterfly weed: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
Other hyponyms of silkweed 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, chigger flower, chiggerflower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root, Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed.
silkweed (noun) butterfly weed (noun)
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
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