'Silkweed' definitions:
Definition of 'silkweed'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts [syn: milkweed, silkweed]
Definition of 'Silkweed'
From: GCIDE
- Silkweed \Silk"weed`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed. [1913 Webster]