purple silkweed purplescent • purple-skirted · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · purple silkweed · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers. Synonyms: purple silkweed, Asclepias purpurascens. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · asclepias purpurascens · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 k latin small letter k U+006B l latin small letter l U+006C p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075 w latin small letter w U+0077