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ASCLEPIAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
Synonyms:
Asclepias; genus Asclepias
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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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