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单词 silkweed
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silkweed

[ silk-weed ]
/ ˈsɪlkˌwid /

noun

any milkweed, the pods of which contain a silky down.

Origin of silkweed

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; silk + weed1

Words nearby silkweed

silkscreen, silk-screen printing, silk-stocking, silk-tassel, silk tree, silkweed, silkworm, silkworm moth, silky, silky anteater, silky cornel
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Example sentences from the Web for silkweed

  • Their lines were made of the tough, fibrous, silken bark of the variety of milkweed or silkweed, already mentioned.

    Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity|Galen Clark

British Dictionary definitions for silkweed

silkweed
/ (ˈsɪlkˌwiːd) /

noun

another name for milkweed (def. 1)

Word Origin for silkweed

C19: so called because the pods contain a silklike down
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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