asclepias : Idioms & Phrases


asclepias albicans

  • 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.
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asclepias curassavica

  • 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

  • noun milkweed of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those of pokeweed
    poke milkweed.
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asclepias incarnata

  • noun densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers
    swamp milkweed.
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asclepias meadii

  • noun milkweed of central North America; a threatened species
    Asclepia meadii; Mead's milkweed.
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asclepias purpurascens

  • noun perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
    purple silkweed.
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asclepias speciosa

  • noun milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers
    showy milkweed.
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asclepias subverticillata

  • noun milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
    horsetail milkweed; poison milkweed.
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asclepias tuberosa

  • 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

  • noun milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers
    whorled milkweed.
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genus asclepias

  • noun genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
    Asclepias.
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