ASCLEPIAS PURPURASCENS

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Meaning:

Perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers

Synonyms:

Asclepias purpurascens; purple silkweed

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Asclepias purpurascens" is a kind of...):

milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)

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