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asclepias
/ əˈskliːpɪəs /
noun
- any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae Sometimes calledmilkweed
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asclepias1
Greek asklēpias swallowwort
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Example Sentences
This part had been covered with beautiful flowers, such as sunflowers, red and orange-coloured poppies, and asclepias.
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Asclepias, or Swallow-wort, a genus of plants, the type and the largest genus of the nat.
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The wood preferred is the Cassia auriculata, and the leaf that of the Asclepias gigantea, or the Convolvulus laurifolius.
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Asclepias searched out the hidden powers of plants, and discovered cures for the various diseases which afflict the human body.
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Asclepias, the god of the healing art, was the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis.
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