silkweed

silk·weed

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [silk-weed]
- /ˈsɪlkˌwid/
- /sˈɪlkwiːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [silk-weed]
- /ˈsɪlkˌwid/

Definitions of silkweed word

noun silkweed any milkweed, the pods of which contain a silky down. 1
noun silkweed milkweed (sense 1) 0

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Origin of silkweed

First appearance:

before 1775

One of the 45% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1775-85; silk + weed1

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Parts of speech for Silkweed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Silkweed

silkweed popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

silkweed usage trend in Literature

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