Definition of Asclepiadaceae

1. Noun. Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepiadaceae

Asch
Aschelminthes
Ascher's aqueous influx phenomenon
Aschheim-Zondek test
Aschner's phenomenon
Aschner's reflex
Aschner-Dagnini reflex
Aschoff bodies
Aschoff body
Aschoff cell
Aschoff nodules
Ascidiaceae
Asclepia meadii
Asclepiad
Asclepiadaceae (current term)
Asclepias albicans
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias meadii
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias subverticillata
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepius
Ascoli
Ascoli's test
Ascoli Piceno

Literary usage of Asclepiadaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"(WITH PLATES xin-xv) IN a previous paper (7) the results of a study of the pollen of certain Asclepiadaceae were published, and during that investigation ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Asclepiadaceae. 3: 4. atae mostly deeply 4-lobed around the style) flowers regular or irregular; stamens mostly adnate to the middle of the corolla-tube or ..."

3. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"Asclepiadaceae. MILKWEED FAMILY ASCLEPIAS. MILKWEED A. incarnata, L. Marshes ; common. A. obtusifolia, Michx. Sandy soil; frequent about Burlington. ..."

4. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1904)
"57 STUDIES IN THE Asclepiadaceae-VIII A NEW SPECIES OF ASCLEPIAS FROM KANSAS AND TWO POSSIBLE HYBRIDS FROM NEW YORK BY ANNA MURRAY VAIL NEW YORK 1904 ..."

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