Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the Asclepiadaceœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
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- adjective botany Relating to the
milkweeds .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to plants of the milkweed family
Etymologies
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See Asclepias and -aceous.
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Examples
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On the small flats, the apple-gum grew with a few scattered Moreton Bay ash trees; on the bergues of the river we found the white cedar (Melia azedarach), Clerodendron; an asclepiadaceous shrub with large triangular seed-vessels; and, on the hills, the blood-wood and stringy-bark.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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December 15, 2010