whorled milkweed

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   milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers

   SynonymsAsclepias verticillata

   Broadermilkweed

Questions about whorled milkweed

What does whorled milkweed mean?

whorled milkweed means "milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers".

What is another word for whorled milkweed?

Close synonyms include Asclepias verticillata. 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 whorled milkweed a common word?

whorled 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.