ASCLEPIAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asclepias mean? 

• ASCLEPIAS (noun)
  The noun ASCLEPIAS has 1 sense:

1. genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

  Familiarity information: ASCLEPIAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCLEPIAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias; genus Asclepias

Hypernyms ("Asclepias" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Asclepias"):

milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)

Holonyms ("Asclepias" is a member of...):

Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)