Asclepias


Definition: Meaning of, Asclepias in English to English dictionary.

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  1. genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
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Asclepias used in phrases

  • Asclepias albicans (noun)
    1. tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
  • Asclepias curassavica (noun)
    1. tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
  • Asclepias exaltata (noun)
    1. milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed
  • Asclepias incarnata (noun)
    1. densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
  • Asclepias meadii (noun)
    1. milkweed of central North America; a threatened species
  • Asclepias purpurascens (noun)
    1. perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
  • Asclepias speciosa (noun)
    1. milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers
  • Asclepias subverticillata (noun)
    1. milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
  • Asclepias tuberosa (noun)
    1. erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
  • Asclepias verticillata (noun)
    1. milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
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