| NOUN | plant | genus Asclepias, Asclepias | genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs |
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| Meaning | genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed. | |
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| Synonym | Asclepias | |
| Member of | Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family | widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales |
| Members | milkweed, silkweed | Any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts |
| Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
| Spanish | asclepias, genus asclepias | |
| Catalan | asclepias, genus asclepias | |
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