swamp milkweed
noun
a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
Origin of swamp milkweed
1An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words Nearby swamp milkweed
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How to use swamp milkweed in a sentence
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed), Umbazookskus River and after; redder than ours, and a different variety from our var.
The Maine Woods | Henry David Thoreau
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