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| | asclepiad | (n) any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae | | asclepiadaceae | (n) widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice, Syn. family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family | | asclepiadaceous | (adj) of or relating to plants of the milkweed family | | asclepias | (n) genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed, Syn. genus Asclepias | | blood flower | (n) tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics, Syn. Asclepias curassavica, swallowwort | | butterfly weed | (n) erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers, Syn. tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa, pleurisy root, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed | | mead's milkweed | (n) milkweed of central North America; a threatened species, Syn. Asclepias meadii, Asclepia meadii | | poison milkweed | (n) milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock, Syn. horsetail milkweed, Asclepias subverticillata | | poke milkweed | (n) milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed, Syn. Asclepias exaltata | | purple silkweed | (n) perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers, Syn. Asclepias purpurascens | | showy milkweed | (n) milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers, Syn. Asclepias speciosa | | swamp milkweed | (n) densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers, Syn. Asclepias incarnata | | white milkweed | (n) tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States, Syn. Asclepias albicans | | whorled milkweed | (n) milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers, Syn. Asclepias verticillata |
| | Asclepiad | n. (Gr. & L. Pros.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asclepiadaceae | n. a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] | | Asclepiadaceous | a. [ See Asclepias. ] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Asclepias | ‖ n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]
Asclepias butterfly (Zool.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias. [ 1913 Webster ]
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