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milkweed
noun(milk-weed)
any of various plants that secrete latex; especially : any of a genus (Asclepias of the family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) of erect chiefly perennial herbs with milky juice and umbellate flowers
milkweed
noun(milk-weed)
a large black and reddish-orange bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) that feeds chiefly on milkweed
milkweed
noun(milk-weed)
any of a family (Danaidae) or nymphalid subfamily (Danaine) of large butterflies feeding on plants of the milkweed family as larvae; especially : monarch butterfly

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