Hyphenation of milkweed

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word milkweed? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

milk-weed

Definitions of milkweed:

1.	Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
2.	Annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

Synonyms of milkweed:

noun	silkweed, herb, herbaceous plant
noun	Sonchus oleraceus, sow thistle, milk thistle

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