asclepias

British  

/ əˈskliːpɪəs /

noun

1. Sometimes called: milkweed. any plant of the perennial mostly tuberous genus Asclepias; some are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their showy orange-scarlet or purple flowers: family Asclepiadaceae

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Etymology

Origin of asclepias

Greek asklēpias swallowwort

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asclepias

They include various asclepias, tithonia, giant coneflower and the Maryland wild senna, the last a native plant deserving much more garden use.

From Washington Post ● May 28, 2019

Burman relates that, in the latter country, when cow's milk is wanting, the milk of this asclepias is used; and that the ailments commonly prepared with animal milk are boiled with its leaves.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

This part had been covered with beautiful flowers, such as sunflowers, red and orange-coloured poppies, and asclepias.

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid

The torch-smoke and the night-fires of flaming asclepias formed a canopy, sable above and livid red below, which hung over our heads like a sheet, and divided the cliffs into two equal parts.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner

Sims' Island furnished a very large addition to Mr. Cunningham's collection, and among the flowers which it produced was a very beautiful sweet-scented asclepias.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by Phillip Parker King

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