milkweed

IPA/ˈmɪlkwiːd/
KK[mˈɪlkwˌid]IPA/ˈmɪlkwiːd/

milkweed — noun

  • milkweedsingular
  • milkweedsplural

1. a tall wild plant that grows mainly in North America. When its stem or leaves ar

1.名詞B1
釋義

a tall wild plant that grows mainly in North America. When its stem or leaves are broken, they release a white, milky liquid, and its seeds have soft white hairs that help them float through the air.

例句

Milkweed filled the meadow behind Ritu's house, its pink flowers drawing bees and butterflies.

collocation: milkweed filled [place]

Sayaka opened a milkweed pod and watched the silky seeds drift away in the breeze.

collocation: milkweed pod

同義詞
  • Asclepias

    the scientific genus name; used in botany and gardening contexts, more formal than milkweed

  • silkweed

    an older regional name for some milkweed species, referring to the silky seed hairs; much less common today

文法句型

milkweed as an uncountable noun for the plant in general; countable when referring to individual plants or species

用法筆記

Milkweed is most commonly used as an uncountable noun when referring to the plant type in general ('a field of milkweed'), but it can be countable when talking about individual plants ('several milkweeds grew near the fence') or different species ('swamp milkweed, common milkweed').

常見錯誤

❌The dandelion stem has milky sap just like milkweed.
✅Dandelions also produce a milky sap from their stems and roots, but they are a different plant from milkweed.
💡The two plants look different: dandelions have a single yellow flower and a rosette of leaves, while milkweed has clusters of pink flowers and grows much taller.