Explore Milkweed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like herb. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Milkweed meaning
- Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
- Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae
Synonyms of Milkweed
Using Milkweed
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts. | Principally of the genus Asclepias in order Gentianales, family Apocynaceae | Any of several plants that have a milky sap and have pods that split to release seeds with silky tufts.
- Useful related words include: silkweed, herb, herbaceous plant, sonchus oleraceus.
- In the example corpus, milkweed often appears in combinations such as: milkweed is, of milkweed, from milkweed.
Context around Milkweed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Milkweed
- In this selection, "milkweed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, swamp, harvest, making, seeds, pod and leaf stand out and add context to how "milkweed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include milkweed is the and by making milkweed seeds available. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "milkweed" sits close to words such as abominable, abstracts and aceh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with milkweed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Narrowleaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) blooming in the California summer. (9 words)
Milkweed is the sole host plant of the butterfly. (9 words)
Milkweed is the only plant monarch larvae and caterpillars will eat. (11 words)
But once at Chuco’s, a street-smart community center, you’ll see milkweed and sunflowers thriving in a patch of jackhammered asphalt, surrounded by raised beds of dazzling blue nigella and leafy greens bursting out of hydroponic towers. (39 words)
Monarch populations have declined along with the disappearance of milkweed; in recent years, they've been a candidate for endangered species status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. (37 words)
From market vendor Snell Family Farm of Buxton, I bought a centerpiece made with a mix of pine and fir boughs, dried seed heads, milkweed pods, small gourds, an apple and a candle. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Third-graders Marci Rogers and Eliza Harmon harvest milkweed seeds from a milkweed pod at Cornerstone Montessori Elementary School in St. Paul on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
She wants to help boost the local monarch population by making milkweed seeds available to anyone who wants them through her Milkweed for Monarchs effort.
A Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed leaf from the book “Nature’s Best Hope: How You Can Save the World in Your Own Yard” by Douglas W. Tallamy.
But once at Chuco’s, a street-smart community center, you’ll see milkweed and sunflowers thriving in a patch of jackhammered asphalt, surrounded by raised beds of dazzling blue nigella and leafy greens bursting out of hydroponic towers.
But some farmers have planted milkweed on the side of their crop fields to counter destroying milkweeds in their fields, Melkonoff said.
Common milkweed, horse nettle, jimsonweed, common pokeweed, cressleaf & common groundsel, pigweed, black nightshade, mountain laurels, and rhododendrons are all considered poisonous plants commonly found in Ohio.
From market vendor Snell Family Farm of Buxton, I bought a centerpiece made with a mix of pine and fir boughs, dried seed heads, milkweed pods, small gourds, an apple and a candle.
Milkweed is the only plant monarch larvae and caterpillars will eat.
Monarch habitats contain milkweed hosts for the caterpillars and nectar plants for the adult butterflies to reproduce, and there are limited available environments for monarch reproduction.
Narrowleaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) blooming in the California summer.
Part of her garden includes a patch of milkweed, which Klusman planted in an effort to attract monarch butterflies to her front porch.
This can be trees (from sugar maple to bur oaks), perennials (from swamp milkweed to black-eyed susan), or shrubs (from ninebark to prickly rose).
You’ll find two of my favorite native plants at the sale: Pink swamp milkweed and Indian pinks.
Milkweed is the sole host plant of the butterfly.
Monarch butterflies rely on Ohio’s five different species of milkweed.
Monarch butterflies rely soley on milkweed as a host plant for their eggs and larva.
Monarch populations have declined along with the disappearance of milkweed; in recent years, they've been a candidate for endangered species status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Seed packets include cucumber, carrot, marigold, milkweed, California poppy, and many others.
The next day I found two huge, fifth-instar monarch caterpillars on the swamp milkweed.
For the hunters of Red Dead Redemption 2, Milkweed is an ingredient for making poison arrows.
Common combinations with milkweed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- milkweed is 4×
- of milkweed 4×
- from milkweed 3×
- on milkweed 3×
- milkweed and 3×
- swamp milkweed 3×
- milkweed in 3×
- milkweed seeds 2×
- milkweed as 2×
- and milkweed 2×