silkweed(n = noun.plant) milkweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts;
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of asclepias, genus asclepias
has particulars: asclepias albicans, white milkweed, asclepias curassavica, blood flower, swallowwort, asclepias exaltata, poke milkweed, asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed, asclepia meadii, asclepias meadii, mead's milkweed, asclepias purpurascens, purple silkweed, asclepias speciosa, showy milkweed, asclepias subverticillata, horsetail milkweed, poison milkweed, asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root, asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed
Any plant of the genera