milkweed

milkweed
noun
название многих растений, выделяющих млечный сок, напр., молочай
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(n) молочай
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название многих растений, выделяющих млечный сок
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['mɪlkwɪːd] n. молочай [бот.], название многих растений
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название многих растений, выделяющих млечный сок, напр.

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  • milkweed — [milk′wēd΄] n. 1. any of a genus (Asclepias) of perennial plants of the milkweed family, with a milky juice, or latex, and pods which when ripe burst to release plumed seeds 2. any of various plants with similar milky juice adj. designating a… …   English World dictionary

  • MILKWEED — MILKWEED, plant of the Euphorbiaceae family. Many genera comprising scores of species are found in Israel. Attempts have been made to identify them with plants mentioned in the Bible, but such attempts are without foundation. One plant mentioned… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Milkweed — Milk weed , n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genera {Asclepias} and {Acerates}, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • milkweed — (n.) 1590s, from MILK (Cf. milk) (n.) + WEED (Cf. weed) (n.); used in reference to various plants whose juice resembles milk …   Etymology dictionary

  • milkweed — noun Date: circa 1592 any of various plants that secrete latex; especially any of a genus (Asclepias of the family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) of erect chiefly perennial herbs with milky juice and umbellate flowers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • milkweed — /milk weed /, n. 1. any of several plants that secrete a milky juice or latex, esp. those of the genus Asclepias, as A. syriaca. Cf. milkweed family. 2. any of various other plants having a milky juice, as certain spurges. [1590 1600; MILK +… …   Universalium

  • milkweed — milk·weed milk .wēd n any of various plants that secrete latex esp any plant of the genus Asclepias (family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) including several whose dried roots were formerly used medicinally * * * milk·weed (milkґwēd)… …   Medical dictionary

  • milkweed — noun 1》 a herbaceous American plant with milky sap. [Genus Asclepias.] 2》 (also milkweed butterfly) another term for monarch (in sense 2) …   English new terms dictionary

  • milkweed — /ˈmɪlkwid/ (say milkweed) noun any of various plants with milky juice, as the widely distributed herbs or shrubs of the genus Asclepias. See cotton bush …  

  • milkweed — klemalis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Klemalinių (Asclepiadaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Asclepias). atitikmenys: lot. Asclepias angl. milkweed; silkweed vok. Seidenpflanze rus. ваточник; ластовень lenk. tojeść …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • Milkweed Editions — Founded 1979 Founder Emilie Buchwald and R.W. Scholes Country of origin United States Headquarters location Minneapolis Distribution Publishers Group West …   Wikipedia


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