any plant of the mostly North American genus Asclepias, having milky sap and pointed pods that split open to release tufted seeds: family Asclepiadaceae
See also asclepias
2.
any of various other plants having milky sap
3. orange milkweed
4. another name for monarch (sense 3)
milkweed in American English
(ˈmɪlkˌwid)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Asclepias) of perennial plants of the milkweed family, with a milky juice, or latex, and pods which when ripe burst to release plumed seeds
2.
any of various plants with similar milky juice
adjective
3.
designating a large family (Asclepiadaceae, order Gentianales) of dicotyledonous plants witha milky juice, including the anglepods and stapelias