milkweed
noun
any of several plants that secrete a milky juice or latex, especially those of the genus Asclepias, as A. syriaca.
milkweeds
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pluralof milkweed.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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He also advocates planting native milkweeds like narrow leaf and woollypod, summer bloomers that will attract lots of pollinators, especially the endangered Western monarch butterflies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024
“Planting milkweeds in your garden is great,” she says.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 14, 2023
“Planting milkweeds in a garden may be a small dent — but it’s a dent,” Lee-Mäder said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Goldfarb cites the example of milkweeds, the exclusive feeding plant for monarch butterfly caterpillars.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
The caterpillars issue from the eggs, feed on the milkweed, transform to chrysalids; then the butterflies issue and continue the northward flight, stopping to lay eggs farther north on other milkweeds.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
