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Asclepiad
(gcide) | Asclepiad \As*cle"pi*ad\, n. (Gr. & L. Pros.)
A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias,
consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and
an iambus.
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asclepiad
(wn) | asclepiad
n 1: any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae |
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Asclepiadaceae
(gcide) | Asclepiadaceae \Asclepiadaceae\ n.
a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with
milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias).
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Asclepiadaceous
(gcide) | Asclepiadaceous \As*cle`pi*a*da"ceous\, a. [See Asclepias.]
(Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed
family.
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asclepiadin
(gcide) | Vincetoxin \Vin`ce*tox"in\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort
(Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family)
as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also
asclepiadin, and cynanchin.
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asclepiad
(wn) | asclepiad
n 1: any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae |
asclepiadaceae
(wn) | Asclepiadaceae
n 1: widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order
Gentianales; most with milky juice [syn: Asclepiadaceae,
family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family] |
asclepiadaceous
(wn) | asclepiadaceous
adj 1: of or relating to plants of the milkweed family |
family asclepiadaceae
(wn) | family Asclepiadaceae
n 1: widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order
Gentianales; most with milky juice [syn: Asclepiadaceae,
family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family] |
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