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ascititious |
asclepia meadii |
asclepiad |
asclepiadaceae |
asclepiadaceous |
asclepias
| asclepias albicans
| asclepias curassavica
| asclepias exaltata
| asclepias incarnata
| asclepias meadii
asclepias
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun asclepias has 1 sense
- asclepias(n = noun.plant) genus asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed; Array is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of asclepiadaceae, family asclepiadaceae, milkweed family
CIDE DICTIONARY
asclepias, n. [L., fr. Gr. , named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.].
A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. [1913 Webster]
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