English noun: genus Asclepias | |||
1. | genus Asclepias (plant) genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed | ||
Synonyms | Asclepias | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | ||
Member holonym | milkweed, silkweed | ||
Member meronym | Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family | ||