swamp milkweed

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noun

a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.

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Origin of swamp milkweed

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Words nearby swamp milkweed

swamphen, swampland, swamp locust, swamp mallow, swamp maple, swamp milkweed, swamp pink, swamp rabbit, swamp rose, Swampscott, swamp sparrow

How to use swamp milkweed in a sentence

Without any evidence or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing—and then gets beaten in the only fight she has in the issue.
Wonder Woman Takes a Big Step Back|Hugh Ryan|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Electric Swamp Blues How can you possibly find authentic swamp blues in Portland, Oregon?
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Klain is not the first to crawl out of the swamp of Biden World on to the larger stage.
Where There’s Trouble, You’ll Usually Find Joe Biden|Lloyd Green|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the pioneers reached Toledo it was called “Frogtown” because the place was a swamp.
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Yeager took the photo while balancing on a raft in a muddy Jamaican swamp.
The Queen of the Playboy Centerfolds|Nina Strochlic|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Two companies deployed over a swamp and went along the beach under cover of the Utah Battery.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The swamp is more easily accessible from Virginia than from North Carolina.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
In the campaign in Holland last war, a party marching through a swamp, was ordered to form two deep.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
The road was a bullock track, a swamp of mud amid the larger swamp of the ploughed land and jungle.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy