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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#m1)

2) Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#x1)
- We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#x2)
- The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#x3)
- Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#x4)
- The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#x5)
- We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/98-the-butterfly-house/14/)
- [The Camel came by "chewing milkweed most 'scruciating idle" and laughed at them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/75-justso-camel-hump/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «milkweed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milkweed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.