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asclepiadaceous

[uh-sklee-pee-uh-dey-shuhs]

adjective

  1. belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants.



asclepiadaceous

/ æˌskliːpɪəˈdeɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae , a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae

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Word History and Origins

Origin of asclepiadaceous1

1875–80; < New Latin Asclepiadace ( ae ) ( Asclepiad-, stem of Asclepias the type genus ( Latin < Greek asklēpiás a plant, perhaps the swallowwort, derivative of Asklēpiós Asclepius ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of asclepiadaceous1

C19: from New Latin Asclēpias genus name, from Latin, from Greek asklēpias, named after Asclepius
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Example Sentences

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The case of another Asclepiadaceous plant, viz.,

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