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GENUS ASCLEPIAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Asclepias mean? 

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

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ASCLEPIAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias; genus Asclepias

Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus 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)


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