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milkweed
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
milkweed
(noun)
milkweed
/
ˈ
mɪlkˌwiːd/
noun
plural
milkweeds
milkweed
/
ˈ
mɪlkˌwiːd/
noun
plural
milkweeds
Britannica Dictionary definition of MILKWEED
[
count, noncount
]
:
a type of North American plant that has white juice
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