milkweed
Kelime Anlamı :
1. ipekotu.
2. sütlü özsuyu olan bir bitki.
3. ipekot.
4. sütümsü özsuyu ve tohumlarında ipek gibi tüydemetleri olan bir bitki.
5. (isim) sütlü özsuyu olan bir bitki.
6. i., bot. ipekotu.
7. Asclepias.
Tanımlar :
1.
any of numerous plants of the genus asclepias, having milky juice, usually opposite leaves, variously colored flowers grouped in umbels, and pods that split open to release seeds with downy tufts. also called silkweed.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
any of several plants, of the genus asclepias, that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
2. A monarch butterfly.
2. A monarch butterfly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
any plant of the genera asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. the name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge. its leaves are a favorite food source for the larvae of the monarch butterfly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A general name for plants of the genus asclepias, somewhat especially for A. Cornuti, the most common american species: so called from their milky juice.
2. A plant of the genus euphorbia, especially E. corollata, the flowering or blooming spurge. see euphorbia.
3. in great britain: the sow-thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
4. the milk-parsley, Peucedanum palustre.
5. the tall blue lettuce, lactuca spicata.
2. A plant of the genus euphorbia, especially E. corollata, the flowering or blooming spurge. see euphorbia.
3. in great britain: the sow-thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
4. the milk-parsley, Peucedanum palustre.
5. the tall blue lettuce, lactuca spicata.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia