swallowwort vs silkweed
silkweed vs swallowwortswallowwort and silkweed both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| swallowwort | Yes | No | No | No |
| silkweed | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
silkweed is a hypernym of
swallowwort; that is, silkweed 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
- silkweed: 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
milkweed.
| swallowwort (noun) | silkweed (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 |
Words related to "swallowwort"
Words related to "silkweed"
- Asclepia meadii
- Asclepias
- Asclepias albicans
- Asclepias curassavica
- Asclepias exaltata
- Asclepias incarnata
- Asclepias meadii
- Asclepias purpurascens
- Asclepias speciosa
- Asclepias subverticillata
- Asclepias tuberosa
- Asclepias verticillata
- Indian paintbrush
- Mead's milkweed
- blood flower
- butterfly weed
- chigger flower
- chiggerflower
- genus Asclepias
- herb
- herbaceous plant
- horsetail milkweed
- milkweed
- orange milkweed
- pleurisy root
- poison milkweed
- poke milkweed
- purple silkweed
- showy milkweed
- swallowwort
- swamp milkweed
- tuber root
- white milkweed
- whorled milkweed
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