1. Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
   - silkweed 
2. Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
   - Sonchus oleraceus

Derived forms: milkweeds

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, milk thistle, sow thistle

Part of: Asclepias, genus Asclepias

Encyclopedia: Milkweed

• gametangium
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• gammadion