poke milkweed

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

   SynonymsAsclepias exaltata

   Broadermilkweed

Questions about poke milkweed

What does poke milkweed mean?

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

What is another word for poke milkweed?

Close synonyms include Asclepias exaltata. 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 poke milkweed a common word?

poke milkweed 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.