milkweed

«milkweed» in Mova's school dictionary: a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (milkweed, milkweeds)

meaning for a pupil

1) Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds. tree →

2) Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about life cycles and food chains, monarch butterflies lay eggs on milkweed; the caterpillars eat its leaves and the plant's poison makes them taste bad to birds. Schools in the USA and Canada plant milkweed gardens to help monarchs. Phrases: «milkweed pods», «plant milkweed».

examples

• Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed. tree →
• We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies. tree →
• The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away. tree →
• Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk. tree →
• The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds. tree →
• We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf. tree →

note

One word. Mostly North American; in the UK «milkweed» may also mean other plants with milky sap. The sap can irritate the eyes, so wash your hands after touching it.

In the corpora

• Monarchs taste bad to birds because their caterpillars eat poisonous milkweed.
• The Camel came by "chewing milkweed most 'scruciating idle" and laughed at them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «milkweed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.