noun
- a North American plant with milky juice and silky seeds, especially milkweed
Examples
- The monarch butterflies laid their eggs on the silkweed plants.
- Silkweed grows wild in many fields across the Midwest.
- The fluffy seeds of silkweed drift on the wind in autumn.
- Native Americans used silkweed fibers for making rope.
- The garden featured native plants including silkweed and prairie grass.
- Silkweed is an important food source for monarch caterpillars.