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asclepiadaceous - 2 dictionary results

as⋅cle⋅pi⋅a⋅da⋅ceous

  [uh-sklee-pee-uh-dey-shuhs]
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–adjective
belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants.

Origin:
1875–80; < NL Asclepiadace(ae) (Asclepiad-, s. of Asclepias the type genus (L < Gk asklēpiás a plant, perh. the swallowwort, deriv. of Asklēpiós Asclepius ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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Asclepiadaceous

As*cle`pi*a*da"ceous\, a. [See Asclepias.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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