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butterfly milkweed

butterfly milkweed noun: asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.

butterfly milkweed: asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest
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Noun

butterfly milkweed (countable and uncountable, plural butterfly milkweeds)

  1. Asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.

Synonyms of butterfly milkweed

Forms of butterfly milkweed

pluralbutterfly milkweeds

Questions about butterfly milkweed

What does butterfly milkweed mean?
Butterfly milkweed means asclepias tuberosa, native to most of North America, except for the northwest.
What part of speech is butterfly milkweed?
Butterfly milkweed is a noun.
What is the plural of butterfly milkweed?
The plural of butterfly milkweed is butterfly milkweeds.

Words near butterfly milkweed in the dictionary

  1. butterfly knives
  2. butterfly knot
  3. butterfly knots
  4. butterfly lilies
  5. butterfly lily
  6. butterfly milkweed
  7. butterfly milkweeds
  8. butterfly mine
  9. butterfly mines
  10. butterfly needle
  11. butterfly needles

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