milkweed

1. Populations of purple milkweed butterflies one of 400 butterfly species on the island and once sold to black market dealers for its worth as a collectors 'item have rebounded thanks to the rerouting of expressway trucks that cut across their ancestral migratory paths.
   这里的紫斑蝶是台湾岛的400种蝴蝶之一，因其收藏价值曾被卖往黑市。高速公路曾切断它们古老的迁徙路线，高速路改道后，这种蝴蝶的数量开始回升。
2. ( botany) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family.
   （植物学）属于或与乳草植物科有关。
3. Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed. any plant of the family Commelinaceae.
   主要在北美多年生的草本的属；芳草属植物；乳草属植物。
4. In some angiosperm the seeds are equipped with gossamer wings, like the dandelion and milkweed seeds.
   有些被子植物的种子有蛛丝般的翅膀，例如蒲公英和乳草属植物的种子。
5. Milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock.
   美国西南部和墨西哥的马利筋；对家畜有毒害作用。
6. Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed.
   迁移的美洲大蝴蝶，其深橙色的翅膀上有黑色和白色的斑点；幼虫吃乳草属植物。
7. Milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple-pink flowers. milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed.
   有大的星星般的花的生长于北美南部的马利筋。生长于美国东部的马利筋，与美国商陆的叶子相似。
8. Milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers.
   美国东部的马利筋，有轮生的窄叶子和白绿色的花。
9. Overall, a monarch butterfly is no more or less striking than its host, the milkweed pod.
   大体上，帝王蝴蝶和其宿主奶草豆荚谁也不比谁更显眼或更平庸。
10. Monarch caterpillars feed on any of dozens of species of milkweed plants, including some species that contain high levels of cardenolides.
    帝王蝶的幼虫以很多乳草属植物为食，包括一些包含高水平强心甾的类型。
11. Milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed.
    生长于美国东部的马利筋，与美国商陆的叶子相似。

noun

1. annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads

   Synonym:    Sonchus oleraceus

2. any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts

   Synonym:    silkweed