Definition of Asclepias albicans

1. Noun. Tall herb with leafless white waxy stems and whitish starlike flowers; southwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: White Milkweed
Generic synonyms: Milkweed, Silkweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias Albicans

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
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
Ascoli reaction

Literary usage of Asclepias albicans

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1890)
"asclepias albicans Watson.—Magdalena Bay, Santa Maria. Woody at base. Leaves in these specimens often in pairs; fleshy appendages between the bases of the ..."

2. Botanical Features of North American Deserts by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1908)
"The granite slopes supported a sparse vegetation of such types as Cactus, Ephedra, Terebinthus microphylla, asclepias albicans, Eriogonum inflatum, Yucca, ..."

3. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1904)
"The granite slopes supported a sparse vegetation of such types as Mammillaria, Ephedra, Bursera microphylla, asclepias albicans, ..."

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