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sow thistle vs milkweed

milkweed vs sow thistle

sow thistle and milkweed both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sow thistle Yes No No No
milkweed Yes No No No
As nouns, milkweed is a hyponym of sow thistle; that is, milkweed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sow thistle:
  • sow thistle: any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
  • milkweed: annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
Other hyponyms of sow thistle include Sonchus oleraceus.
sow thistle (noun) milkweed (noun)
any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
Difference between sow thistle and milkweed

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