| 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 | ||