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ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asclepias verticillata mean?
• ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA (noun)
The noun ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA has 1 sense:
1. milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
Familiarity information: ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Asclepias verticillata; whorled milkweed
Hypernyms ("Asclepias verticillata" 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)
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