asclepiadaceae
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1. widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot family, magnoliopsid family, |
| definition | : | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | asclepiad, |
| definition | : | any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | asclepias, genus asclepias, |
| definition | : | genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | araujia, genus araujia, |
| definition | : | small genus of South American evergreen vines (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus cynancum, |
| definition | : | genus of perennial tropical African lianas (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus hoya, |
| definition | : | large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus periploca, periploca, |
| definition | : | genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus sarcostemma, sarcostemma, |
| definition | : | succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus stapelia, |
| definition | : | genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus stephanotis, |
| definition | : | genus of Old World tropical woody vines (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum, |
| definition | : | genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | gentianales, order gentianales, |
| definition | : | an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | asclepiadaceous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to plants of the milkweed family (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | asclepiadaceous, |
| definition | : | of or relating to plants of the milkweed family (adj.pert) |
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