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swallowwort vs milkweed

milkweed vs swallowwort

swallowwort and milkweed both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
swallowwort Yes No No No
milkweed Yes No No No
As nouns, milkweed is a hypernym of swallowwort; that is, milkweed is a word with a broader meaning than swallowwort:
  • swallowwort: tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
  • milkweed: any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
Other hypernyms of swallowwort include silkweed.
swallowwort (noun) milkweed (noun)
perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
Difference between swallowwort and milkweed

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