Definition of milkweed in English:

milkweed

noun ˈmɪlkwiːdˈmɪlkwid

1mass noun A herbaceous American plant with milky sap, some kinds of which attract butterflies or yield a variety of useful products.
马利筋
Genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- Monarchs spend the warmer months in regions west of the Rocky Mountains where milkweed (the sole plant their larvae eat) has been historically abundant.
- Serious cuts could be treated with the sap of red milkweed, and a beverage brewed from the plant called mouse's tail reportedly lowered blood pressure.
- Sedges, bluejoint grass, boneset, and swamp milkweed dominate the community.
- All monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, a plant with an acrid latex containing potent cardiac glycosides, causing birds who eat the butterflies to vomit and learn to avoid them.
- This can be an effective method of managing hemp dogbane and common milkweed.
- The larvae absorb toxins from their food plant, milkweed.
- For instance, the beautiful Monarch larvae prefer only milkweed!
- Volunteers will also be planting milkweed, which monarchs need to reproduce, and trying to create spawning sanctuaries and ‘no-take’ reserves for horseshoe crabs.
- Illinois bundle flower, butterfly milkweed, compass grass, and partridge peas nestle in another 20-acre plot.
- Also known as milkweed and spurge, Euphorbia belongs to an incredibly varied genus that contains over 2,000 species including the Christmas favourite, poinsettia.
- Endowed with an insatiable appetite for milkweed, and almost always in close proximity to the plant, these larvae eventually turn into butterflies and continue flying north.
- Yet, adult female butterflies choose these particular plants (monarch moms must have milkweed!) on which to lay their eggs.
- Some of the primary plants for butterfly larvae include: aspen, alfalfa, clover, nettle, pearly everlasting, milkweed, grasses, hackberry, parsley, vetch, and willow.
- I need information on the milkweed that attracts monarch butterflies.
- They put out tubes holding cuttings of milkweed stems with two leaves, whole potted milkweed plants, and microscope slides coated with glycerin.
- ‘Common milkweed and other closely related plant species are the sole food source of monarch larvae, or caterpillars,’ he says.
- Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus.
- Both adults and larvae live on plants frequented by aphids, including roses, oleander, milkweed and broccoli.
- As milkweed dies, surviving butterflies begin their long, unwavering flights back to the sheltered groves that safeguarded their ancestors.
- You can always camouflage milkweed by tucking one or two plants behind a couple of lovely buddleias.
2
another term for monarch (sense 2)
Example sentencesExamples
- This is sometimes called the ‘milkweed butterfly’ because its larvae dine exclusively on this plant.

Definition of milkweed in US English:

milkweed

nounˈmilkwēdˈmɪlkwid

1A herbaceous American plant with milky sap. Some kinds attract butterflies, some yield a variety of useful products, and some are grown as ornamentals.
马利筋
Genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae: several species, in particular the common milkweed (A. syriaca)
Example sentencesExamples
- As milkweed dies, surviving butterflies begin their long, unwavering flights back to the sheltered groves that safeguarded their ancestors.
- I need information on the milkweed that attracts monarch butterflies.
- This can be an effective method of managing hemp dogbane and common milkweed.
- Monarchs spend the warmer months in regions west of the Rocky Mountains where milkweed (the sole plant their larvae eat) has been historically abundant.
- Serious cuts could be treated with the sap of red milkweed, and a beverage brewed from the plant called mouse's tail reportedly lowered blood pressure.
- Volunteers will also be planting milkweed, which monarchs need to reproduce, and trying to create spawning sanctuaries and ‘no-take’ reserves for horseshoe crabs.
- Both adults and larvae live on plants frequented by aphids, including roses, oleander, milkweed and broccoli.
- Illinois bundle flower, butterfly milkweed, compass grass, and partridge peas nestle in another 20-acre plot.
- You can always camouflage milkweed by tucking one or two plants behind a couple of lovely buddleias.
- They put out tubes holding cuttings of milkweed stems with two leaves, whole potted milkweed plants, and microscope slides coated with glycerin.
- All monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, a plant with an acrid latex containing potent cardiac glycosides, causing birds who eat the butterflies to vomit and learn to avoid them.
- Sedges, bluejoint grass, boneset, and swamp milkweed dominate the community.
- For instance, the beautiful Monarch larvae prefer only milkweed!
- Endowed with an insatiable appetite for milkweed, and almost always in close proximity to the plant, these larvae eventually turn into butterflies and continue flying north.
- Yet, adult female butterflies choose these particular plants (monarch moms must have milkweed!) on which to lay their eggs.
- Some of the primary plants for butterfly larvae include: aspen, alfalfa, clover, nettle, pearly everlasting, milkweed, grasses, hackberry, parsley, vetch, and willow.
- Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus.
- Also known as milkweed and spurge, Euphorbia belongs to an incredibly varied genus that contains over 2,000 species including the Christmas favourite, poinsettia.
- ‘Common milkweed and other closely related plant species are the sole food source of monarch larvae, or caterpillars,’ he says.
- The larvae absorb toxins from their food plant, milkweed.
2
another term for monarch butterfly
Example sentencesExamples
- This is sometimes called the ‘milkweed butterfly’ because its larvae dine exclusively on this plant.

词汇	milkweed
释义	Definition of milkweed in English: milkweed noun ˈmɪlkwiːdˈmɪlkwid 1mass noun A herbaceous American plant with milky sap, some kinds of which attract butterflies or yield a variety of useful products. 马利筋 Genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae Example sentencesExamples Monarchs spend the warmer months in regions west of the Rocky Mountains where milkweed (the sole plant their larvae eat) has been historically abundant. Serious cuts could be treated with the sap of red milkweed, and a beverage brewed from the plant called mouse's tail reportedly lowered blood pressure. Sedges, bluejoint grass, boneset, and swamp milkweed dominate the community. All monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, a plant with an acrid latex containing potent cardiac glycosides, causing birds who eat the butterflies to vomit and learn to avoid them. This can be an effective method of managing hemp dogbane and common milkweed. The larvae absorb toxins from their food plant, milkweed. For instance, the beautiful Monarch larvae prefer only milkweed! Volunteers will also be planting milkweed, which monarchs need to reproduce, and trying to create spawning sanctuaries and ‘no-take’ reserves for horseshoe crabs. Illinois bundle flower, butterfly milkweed, compass grass, and partridge peas nestle in another 20-acre plot. Also known as milkweed and spurge, Euphorbia belongs to an incredibly varied genus that contains over 2,000 species including the Christmas favourite, poinsettia. Endowed with an insatiable appetite for milkweed, and almost always in close proximity to the plant, these larvae eventually turn into butterflies and continue flying north. Yet, adult female butterflies choose these particular plants (monarch moms must have milkweed!) on which to lay their eggs. Some of the primary plants for butterfly larvae include: aspen, alfalfa, clover, nettle, pearly everlasting, milkweed, grasses, hackberry, parsley, vetch, and willow. I need information on the milkweed that attracts monarch butterflies. They put out tubes holding cuttings of milkweed stems with two leaves, whole potted milkweed plants, and microscope slides coated with glycerin. ‘Common milkweed and other closely related plant species are the sole food source of monarch larvae, or caterpillars,’ he says. Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus. Both adults and larvae live on plants frequented by aphids, including roses, oleander, milkweed and broccoli. As milkweed dies, surviving butterflies begin their long, unwavering flights back to the sheltered groves that safeguarded their ancestors. You can always camouflage milkweed by tucking one or two plants behind a couple of lovely buddleias. 2 another term for monarch (sense 2) Example sentencesExamples This is sometimes called the ‘milkweed butterfly’ because its larvae dine exclusively on this plant. Definition of milkweed in US English: milkweed nounˈmilkwēdˈmɪlkwid 1A herbaceous American plant with milky sap. Some kinds attract butterflies, some yield a variety of useful products, and some are grown as ornamentals. 马利筋 Genus Asclepias, family Asclepiadaceae: several species, in particular the common milkweed (A. syriaca) Example sentencesExamples As milkweed dies, surviving butterflies begin their long, unwavering flights back to the sheltered groves that safeguarded their ancestors. I need information on the milkweed that attracts monarch butterflies. This can be an effective method of managing hemp dogbane and common milkweed. Monarchs spend the warmer months in regions west of the Rocky Mountains where milkweed (the sole plant their larvae eat) has been historically abundant. Serious cuts could be treated with the sap of red milkweed, and a beverage brewed from the plant called mouse's tail reportedly lowered blood pressure. Volunteers will also be planting milkweed, which monarchs need to reproduce, and trying to create spawning sanctuaries and ‘no-take’ reserves for horseshoe crabs. Both adults and larvae live on plants frequented by aphids, including roses, oleander, milkweed and broccoli. Illinois bundle flower, butterfly milkweed, compass grass, and partridge peas nestle in another 20-acre plot. You can always camouflage milkweed by tucking one or two plants behind a couple of lovely buddleias. They put out tubes holding cuttings of milkweed stems with two leaves, whole potted milkweed plants, and microscope slides coated with glycerin. All monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, a plant with an acrid latex containing potent cardiac glycosides, causing birds who eat the butterflies to vomit and learn to avoid them. Sedges, bluejoint grass, boneset, and swamp milkweed dominate the community. For instance, the beautiful Monarch larvae prefer only milkweed! Endowed with an insatiable appetite for milkweed, and almost always in close proximity to the plant, these larvae eventually turn into butterflies and continue flying north. Yet, adult female butterflies choose these particular plants (monarch moms must have milkweed!) on which to lay their eggs. Some of the primary plants for butterfly larvae include: aspen, alfalfa, clover, nettle, pearly everlasting, milkweed, grasses, hackberry, parsley, vetch, and willow. Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus. Also known as milkweed and spurge, Euphorbia belongs to an incredibly varied genus that contains over 2,000 species including the Christmas favourite, poinsettia. ‘Common milkweed and other closely related plant species are the sole food source of monarch larvae, or caterpillars,’ he says. The larvae absorb toxins from their food plant, milkweed. 2 another term for monarch butterfly Example sentencesExamples This is sometimes called the ‘milkweed butterfly’ because its larvae dine exclusively on this plant.
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