swamp milkweed


noun
  1. 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

1
An 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