silkweed

silkweed [silk-weed] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. any milkweed, the pods of which contain a silky down.

Origin of silkweed An Americanism dating back to 1775–85; silk + weed1 Examples from the Web for silkweed Historical Examples of silkweed

Their lines were made of the tough, fibrous, silken bark of the variety of milkweed or silkweed, already mentioned.

Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity

Galen Clark

British Dictionary definitions for silkweed silkweed noun

1. another name for milkweed (def. 1)

Word Origin for silkweed C19: so called because the pods contain a silklike down