family Asclepiadaceae

family Asclepiadaceae
noun
widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
Derivationally related forms: ↑asclepiadaceous (for: ↑Asclepiadaceae)
Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales
Member Meronyms:

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  • Asclepiadaceae — n. a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus {Asclepias}). [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Asclepiadaceae — ▪ plant family  the milkweed family of the flowering plant order Gentianales, including more than 280 genera and about 2,000 species of tropical herbs or shrubby climbers, rarely shrubs or trees. Most members of the family have milky juice,… …   Universalium

  • milkweed family — noun widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice • Syn: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑family Asclepiadaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑asclepiadaceous (for: ↑Asclepiadaceae) …   Useful english dictionary

  • dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • milkweed family — the plant family Asclepiadaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and vines having simple, opposite or whorled leaves, usually milky juice, umbellike clusters of small flowers, and long pods that split open to release tufted, airborne… …   Universalium

  • List of foliage plant diseases (Asclepiadaceae) — This is a list of diseases of foliage plants belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae.Plant SpeciesFungal diseasesReferences* [http://www.apsnet.org/online/common/names/foliage.asp Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society] …   Wikipedia

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