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: milkweed_family
English
> 1 sense of the expression
milkweed family
:
NOUN
plant
milkweed family
,
Asclepiadaceae
,
family Asclepiadaceae
widely distributed
family
of
herbs
and
shrubs
of the
order Gentianales
English
>
milkweed family
: 1 sense
> noun 1, plant
Meaning
widely distributed
family
of
herbs
and
shrubs
of the
order Gentianales
; most with
milky
juice
.
Synonyms
Asclepiadaceae
,
family Asclepiadaceae
Member of
Gentianales
,
order Gentianales
An order of
dicotyledonous
plants
having
gamopetalous
flowers
Members
Araujia
,
genus Araujia
small
genus
of
South American
evergreen
vines
Asclepias
,
genus Asclepias
genus
of
chiefly
North American
perennial
herbs
Periploca
,
genus Periploca
genus
of
woody
vines
of
warm
regions
/
regions
of the
Old World
Sarcostemma
,
genus Sarcostemma
succulent
subshrubs
or
vines
Vincetoxicum
,
genus Vincetoxicum
genus
of
chiefly
tropical
American
vines
having
cordate leaves
and
large
purple or
greenish
cymose
flowers
asclepiad
Any
plant
of the
family Asclepiadaceae
genus Cynancum
genus
of
perennial
tropical
African
lianas
genus Hoya
large
genus
of climbing
shrubs
of
Australia
and
Asia
and
Polynesia
genus Stapelia
genus
of
foul-smelling
plants
resembling
cacti
genus Stephanotis
genus
of
Old World
tropical
woody
vines
Broader
dicot family
,
magnoliopsid family
family
of
flowering plants
having two
cotyledons
(
embryonic
leaves
) in the
seed
which
usually
appear at
germination
Spanish
asclepiadáceas
Catalan
Asclepiadaceae
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