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asclepias(dictionary)

asclepias (iou)



asclepias noun. L16.
[Latin = swallowwort from Greek asklepias, from Asklepios AESCULAPIUS.]
Any of various plants now or formerly included in the genus Asclepias, of the milkweed family; esp. swallowwort, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria.