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    GENUS ASCLEPIAS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweedplay

    Synonyms:

    Asclepias; genus Asclepias

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Asclepias"):

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

    Holonyms ("genus Asclepias" is a member of...):

    Asclepiadaceae; family Asclepiadaceae; milkweed family (widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice)

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