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milkweed
(encz) | milkweed,klejcha n: [bot.] rod dvouděložných trvalek Zdeněk Brož; Jirka
Daněk |
Milkweed
(gcide) | Milkweed \Milk"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding
in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long
silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several
other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of
spurge. Its leaves are a favorite food source for the larvae
of the monarch butterfly.
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milkweed
(wn) | milkweed
n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky
juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy
tufts [syn: milkweed, silkweed]
2: annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed
yellow flower heads [syn: milkweed, Sonchus oleraceus] |
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horsetail milkweed
(encz) | horsetail milkweed, n: |
marsh milkweed
(encz) | marsh milkweed, n: |
milkweed butterfly
(encz) | milkweed butterfly, n: |
milkweed family
(encz) | milkweed family, n: |
orange milkweed
(encz) | orange milkweed, n: |
poison milkweed
(encz) | poison milkweed, n: |
poke milkweed
(encz) | poke milkweed, n: |
showy milkweed
(encz) | showy milkweed, n: |
swamp milkweed
(encz) | swamp milkweed, n: |
white milkweed
(encz) | white milkweed, n: |
whorled milkweed
(encz) | whorled milkweed, n: |
Milkweed
(gcide) | Milkweed \Milk"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding
in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long
silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several
other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of
spurge. Its leaves are a favorite food source for the larvae
of the monarch butterfly.
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milkweed butterfly
(gcide) | Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. ?, ?;
mo`nos alone + ? to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]
1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler;
an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
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He who reigns
Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute.
--Milton.
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2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is
called the monarch of the forest.
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3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
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Come, thou, monarch of the vine,
Plumpy Bacchus. --Shak.
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4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais
Plexippus}); -- called also milkweed butterfly and
monarch butterfly.
[1913 Webster]monarch butterfly \mon"arch but"ter*fly\, n. (Zool.)
A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus)
having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a
reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and
monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.
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horsetail milkweed
(wn) | horsetail milkweed
n 1: milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico;
poisonous to livestock [syn: poison milkweed, {horsetail
milkweed}, Asclepias subverticillata] |
marsh milkweed
(wn) | marsh milkweed
n 1: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal
clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: {Joe-Pye
weed}, purple boneset, trumpet weed, marsh milkweed,
Eupatorium purpureum] |
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