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

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  • Damian, milkweed is also brilliant for healing damaged livers.
  • Of course, some weeds, like milkweed, is not good for the goats so I have to be careful not to include them.
  • Monarch caterpillars feed exclusively on milkweed, which is regularly killed by pesticides when wild lands are adapted for other uses.
  • If you have shoelaces, then use them; if not, then find a fibrous plant such as milkweed and make a rope out of it.
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