[
US
/ˈmɪɫˌkwid/
]
[ UK /mˈɪlkwiːd/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪlkwiːd/ ]
NOUN
- annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
- any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
How To Use milkweed In A Sentence
- The larvae absorb toxins from their food plant, milkweed.
- Feeding on a milkweed leaf, tiny aphids (some winged, some wingless) are ‘tended’ by an ant, which feeds on the sweet honeydew excreted by the aphids.
- Aspens and cottonwoods turn from green to gold, meadows are dotted with milkweed pods spilling their silvery strands, and a peaceful splendor invites you to relax.
- Both adults and larvae live on plants frequented by aphids, including roses, oleander, milkweed and broccoli.
- Many scientists say that the cardenolides contained in milkweed are poisonous to most potential predators thus protecting the spectacularly colored monarchs. The Majestic Monarch Butterfly
- The host plant for Monarchs is asclepias, or milkweed. Butterflies in the kitchen « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog
- Among the favorites are asters and daisies, milkweeds, mustards, mints, peas, and vervains.
- Sedges, bluejoint grass, boneset, and swamp milkweed dominate the community.
- Honeybees (the few that have so far escaped the Varroa mites), bumblebees, various flies and beetles, and the hummingbird clearwing (a moth that thinks it's a hummingbird) frequent milkweeds too.
- A variety of prairie fauna can also be found and some include the wild onion, milkweed, beardtongue, and the prairie rose.
