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English noun: family Asclepiadaceae

1. family Asclepiadaceae (plant) widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice


SynonymsAsclepiadaceae, milkweed family


Broader (hypernym)dicot family, magnoliopsid family


Member holonymAraujia, asclepiad, Asclepias, genus Araujia, genus Asclepias, genus Cynancum, genus Hoya, genus Periploca, genus Sarcostemma, genus Stapelia, genus Stephanotis, genus Vincetoxicum, Periploca, Sarcostemma, Vincetoxicum


Member meronymGentianales, order Gentianales









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