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Definition of Asclepias

1. Noun. Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed.

Definition of Asclepias

1. n. A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

Medical Definition of Asclepias

1. A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. Asclepias butterfly, a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias. Origin: L, fr. Gr, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias

Literary usage of Asclepias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"asclepias ovalifolia Dec. in DC Prodr. 8: 567 (1844). 3104. ... asclepias rubra L. Sp. PI. 217 (1753). 3109. asclepias speciosa Torr. Ann. Lye. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"It is also possible that the various species of asclepias differ in the ... Cardiac glycosides are present in all northern species of asclepias said by ..."

3. Rubber-content of North American Plants by Harvey Monroe Hall, Frances Louise Long (1921)
"VARIATION IN THE RUBBER-CONTENT OF asclepias AND APOCYNUM. Distribution of rubber in ... Since the rubber both in asclepias and in Apocynum is carried by ..."

4. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"asclepias incarnata Linné.—Swamp Milkweed. Description.—Hoods of the crown scarcely ... Habitat.—In wet, swampy places ; common. asclepias tuberosa Linné. ..."

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