ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asclepias curassavica mean? 

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

1. tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias curassavica; blood flower; swallowwort

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

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