silkweed
[ silk-weed ]
/ ˈsɪlkˌwid /
noun
any milkweed, the pods of which contain a silky down.
Words nearby silkweed
silkaline,
silken,
silkie,
silko,
silkscreen,
silkweed,
silkworm,
silkworm moth,
silky,
silky anteater,
silky cornel
Example sentences from the Web for silkweed
Their lines were made of the tough, fibrous, silken bark of the variety of milkweed or silkweed, already mentioned.
Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity |Galen Clark
British Dictionary definitions for silkweed
Word Origin for silkweed
C19: so called because the pods contain a silklike down