asclepias

/ əˈskliːpɪəs /

noun

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 Sometimes calledmilkweed

Greek asklēpias swallowwort

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

Asclepias, or Swallow-wort, a genus of plants, the type and the largest genus of the nat.

The wood preferred is the Cassia auriculata, and the leaf that of the Asclepias gigantea, or the Convolvulus laurifolius.

Asclepias searched out the hidden powers of plants, and discovered cures for the various diseases which afflict the human body.

Asclepias, the god of the healing art, was the son of Apollo and the nymph Coronis.

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