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Asclepias
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As-cle′pi-as
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], named from
Asclepios
or Aesculapius
.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
Asclepias butterfly
(Zool.)
, a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (
Danais Archippus
), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.Definition 2024
Asclepias
Asclepias
Translingual
Asclepias syriaca with seedpods
Proper noun
- A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – the milkweeds.
Hypernyms
- (species): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Asclepiadoideae - subfamily; Asclepiadeae - tribe; Asclepiadinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (species): Asclepias syriaca - type species; Asclepias amplexicaulis, Asclepias exaltata, Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias purpurascens, Asclepias quadrifolia, Asclepias rubra, Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepias variegata, Asclepias verticillata, Asclepias viridiflora - selected other species. For the numerous other species see Wikispecies, NCBI, or The Plant List in External links.