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    ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropicsplay

    Synonyms:

    Asclepias curassavica; blood flower; swallowwort

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Asclepias curassavica" is a kind of...):

    milkweed; silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)

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