asclepias : Idioms & Phrases
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asclepias albicans
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noun tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States
white milkweed.
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Asclepias butterfly
(Zoöl.) , a large, handsome, red and black butterfly(Danais Archippus) , found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.
Webster 1913
asclepias curassavica
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noun tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
swallowwort; blood flower.
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asclepias exaltata
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noun milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed
poke milkweed.
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asclepias incarnata
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noun densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
swamp milkweed.
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asclepias meadii
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noun milkweed of central North America; a threatened species
Asclepia meadii; Mead's milkweed.
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asclepias purpurascens
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noun perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
purple silkweed.
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asclepias speciosa
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noun milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers
showy milkweed.
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asclepias subverticillata
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noun milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
horsetail milkweed; poison milkweed.
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asclepias tuberosa
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noun erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
butterfly weed; Indian paintbrush; pleurisy root; chigger flower; tuber root; chiggerflower; orange milkweed.
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asclepias verticillata
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noun milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
whorled milkweed.
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genus asclepias
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noun genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
Asclepias.
