silkweed

[ silk-weed ]

/ ˈsɪlkˌwid /

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noun

any milkweed, the pods of which contain a silky down.

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Origin of silkweed

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; silk + weed¹

Words nearby silkweed

silkscreen, silk-screen printing, silk-stocking, silk-tassel, silk tree, silkweed, silkworm, silkworm moth, silky, silky anteater, silky cornel

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How to use silkweed in a sentence

Their lines were made of the tough, fibrous, silken bark of the variety of milkweed or silkweed, already mentioned.
Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity|Galen Clark

British Dictionary definitions for silkweed

silkweed

/ (ˈsɪlkˌwiːd) /

noun

another name for milkweed (def. 1)

Word Origin for silkweed

C19: so called because the pods contain a silklike down

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