asclepias exaltata

1. 1.

   milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed

   Synonymspoke milkweed

   Broadermilkweed

Questions about asclepias exaltata

What does asclepias exaltata mean?

asclepias exaltata means "milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed".

What is another word for asclepias exaltata?

Close synonyms include poke milkweed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asclepias exaltata a common word?

asclepias exaltata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.