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sandhill milkweed

sandhill milkweed noun: a flowering plant of species Asclepias humistrata, native to the southeastern United States.

sandhill milkweed: a flowering plant of species Asclepias humistrata, native to the southeastern United States
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Noun

sandhill milkweed (uncountable)

  1. A flowering plant of species Asclepias humistrata, native to the southeastern United States.
    • In a land where speed rules, it's refreshing to walk at a slow pace, pausing to smell the wild roses, pondering the choices of butterflies as they flutter from purple asters to sandhill milkweed, and peering across the marshes to figure out where the frog croaks are coming from.2018 December 4, Sandra Friend, John Keatley, 50 Hikes in Central Florida (Third Edition), The Countryman Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    pinewoods milkweed

Synonyms of sandhill milkweed

  • pinewoods milkweed

Forms of sandhill milkweed

alternative formsandhills milkweed

Questions about sandhill milkweed

What does sandhill milkweed mean?
Sandhill milkweed means a flowering plant of species Asclepias humistrata, native to the southeastern United States.
What part of speech is sandhill milkweed?
Sandhill milkweed is a noun.

Words near sandhill milkweed in the dictionary

  1. sandhill crane
  2. sandhill cranes
  3. sandhill frog
  4. sandhill frogs
  5. Sandhill Lake
  6. sandhill milkweed
  7. sandhill plum
  8. sandhill plums
  9. sandhiller
  10. sandhillers
  11. sandhills

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