Hypernyms for "milkweed"
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Asclepia meadii
Asclepias albicans
Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias meadii
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
blood flower
butterfly weed
chigger flower
chiggerflower
horsetail milkweed
Indian paintbrush
Mead''s milkweed
orange milkweed
pleurisy root
poison milkweed
poke milkweed
purple silkweed
showy milkweed
swallowwort
swamp milkweed
tuber root
white milkweed
whorled milkweed
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.