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asclepiadaceous
[ uh-sklee-pee-uh-dey-shuhs ]
adjective
- belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants.
asclepiadaceous
/ æˌskliːpɪəˈdeɪʃəs /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae , a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
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Origin of asclepiadaceous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asclepiadaceous1
C19: from New Latin Asclēpias genus name, from Latin, from Greek asklēpias, named after Asclepius
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