Asclepias

Definition of Asclepias

As`cle´pi`as

n.

1.

(Bot.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

Asclepias butterfly
(Zool.) a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.

Related Words

Asclepiadaceae, dicot genus, family Asclepiadaceae, genus Asclepias, magnoliopsid genus, milkweed, milkweed family, silkweed

Browse

Ascetic theology
ascetical
Asceticism
Ascham
Asci
Ascian
Ascidian
Ascidiarium
Ascidiform
Ascidioidea
Ascidiozooid
Ascidium
Ascigerous
Ascii
Ascites
Ascitic
Ascititious
Asclepiad
Asclepiadaceae
Asclepiadaceous
-Asclepias-
Asclepias butterfly
Ascocarp
ascocarpous
Ascococcus
ascolichen
ascoma
ascomycete
Ascomycetes
ascomycetous
Ascomycota
Ascomycotina
Ascophyllum
Ascospore
ascosporic
ascot
Ascribable
Ascribe
Ascript
Ascription
Ascriptitious

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2009 Interapple, Inc. Cover