Asclepiadaceae

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a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias).

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Asclepiadaceae - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Gentianales, order Gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae asclepiad - any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae Asclepias, genus Asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed Araujia, genus Araujia - small genus of South American evergreen vines genus Cynancum - genus of perennial tropical African lianas genus Hoya - large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia genus Periploca, Periploca - genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World genus Sarcostemma, Sarcostemma - succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia genus Stapelia - genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India genus Stephanotis - genus of Old World tropical woody vines genus Vincetoxicum, Vincetoxicum - genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote