milky juice
61Minusops globosa — Balata Bal a*ta, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree ({Bumelia retusa}). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. The bully tree ({Minusops globosa}); also, its milky juice ({); also, its milky juice (}), which when dried… …
62Sea lettuce — Lettuce Let tuce (l[e^]t t[i^]s), n. [OE. letuce, prob. through Old French from some Late Latin derivative of L. lactuca lettuce, which, according to Varro, is fr. lac, lactis, milk, on account of the milky white juice which flows from it when it …
63breadfruit — /bred frooht /, n. 1. a large, round, starchy fruit borne by a tree, Artocarpus altilis, of the mulberry family, native to the Pacific islands, used, baked or roasted, for food. 2. the tree bearing this fruit. [1690 1700; BREAD + FRUIT] * * *… …
64butterfly weed — 1. Also called orange milkweed. a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, having clusters of bright orange flowers. 2. an erect North American plant, Gaura coccinea, of the evening primrose family, having wandlike spikes of white to pink… …
65milkweed — /milk weed /, n. 1. any of several plants that secrete a milky juice or latex, esp. those of the genus Asclepias, as A. syriaca. Cf. milkweed family. 2. any of various other plants having a milky juice, as certain spurges. [1590 1600; MILK +… …
66milkweed family — the plant family Asclepiadaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines having simple, opposite or whorled leaves, usually milky juice, umbellike clusters of small flowers, and long pods that split open to release tufted, airborne… …
67oleander — /oh lee an deuhr, oh lee an /, n. a poisonous shrub, Nerium oleander, of the dogbane family, native to southern Eurasia, having evergreen leaves and showy clusters of pink, red, or white flowers, and widely cultivated as an ornamental. [1540 50;… …
68milkweed — milk•weed [[t]ˈmɪlkˌwid[/t]] n. 1) pln any of several plants of the genus Asclepias, characterized by a milky juice, clusters of white to purple flowers, and pods filled with silky tufted seeds 2) pln any of various other plants having a milky… …
69spurge — [spʉrj] n. [ME < MFr espurge < espurger, to purge < L expurgare: see EXPURGATE] any of a genus (Euphorbia) of plants of the spurge family, with milky juice and minute, simplified flowers borne in cuplike inflorescences adj. designating a …
70Amsonia — noun genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America • Syn: ↑genus Amsonia • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Apocynaceae, ↑ …
