ASCLEPIADACEOUS Definition & Meaning

asclepiadaceous

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

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adjective

belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants.

asclepiadaceous

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adjective

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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of asclepiadaceous¹

1875–80; < New Latin Asclepiadace ( ae ) ( Asclepiad-, stem of Asclepias the type genus ( Latin < Greek ��ŧ�辱á�� a plant, perhaps the swallowwort, derivative of ��ŧ�辱ó�� Asclepius ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of asclepiadaceous¹

C19: from New Latin ��ŧ�辱�� genus name, from Latin, from Greek ��ŧ�辱��, named after Asclepius

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The case of another Asclepiadaceous plant, viz.,

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ascites Asclepiadean

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