milkweed family
noun
the plant family Asclepiadaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines having simple, opposite or whorled leaves, usually milky juice, umbellike clusters of small flowers, and long pods that split open to release tufted, airborne seeds, and including the anglepod, butterfly weed, milkweed, stephanotis, and wax plant.
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Nearby words
milktoast, milkweed, milkweed beetle, milkweed bug, milkweed butterfly, milkweed family, milkweed tortoise beetle, milkwood, milkwort, milky, milky disease
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