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Definition of Asclepias tuberosa
1. Noun. Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers.
Generic synonyms: Milkweed, Silkweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepias Tuberosa
Literary usage of Asclepias tuberosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1862)
"This is the asclepias, known botanically as Asclepias tuberosa. Dr. Bigelow, in
his Plants of Boston, gives a full description of this species. ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"For sweating purposes the pennyroyal, catnip and hemlock, boughs, or twigs, and
leaves, and the white-root, or pleurisy-root, (asclepias tuberosa) would be ..."
3. New Remedies: Their Pathogenetic Effects and Therapeutical Application in by Edwin Moses Hale (1864)
"Asclepias tuberosa. (Pleurisy Root.~) The root of this variety of Asclepias is
perennial, and gives origin to numerous stems which are erect, ascending, ..."
4. Journal of Materia Medica (1869)
"The use of asclepias tuberosa has been highly commended by many in the ...
The pyrola umbellata and asclepias tuberosa are highly useful articles in the ..."
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