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(botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..
Use silkweed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Silkweed means (botany) Any plant of the genus Asclepias whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..
Common synonyms include milkweed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use silkweed where its definition matches the intended context.
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