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PURPLE SILKWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does purple silkweed mean?
• PURPLE SILKWEED (noun)
The noun PURPLE SILKWEED has 1 sense:
1. perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
Familiarity information: PURPLE SILKWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asclepias purpurascens; purple silkweed
Hypernyms ("purple silkweed" is a kind of...):
milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)
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