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Definition of Asclepiadaceous
1. Adjective. Of or relating to plants of the milkweed family.
Definition of Asclepiadaceous
1. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.
Definition of Asclepiadaceous
1. Adjective. (botany) Relating to the milkweeds. ¹
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Medical Definition of Asclepiadaceous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepiadaceous
Literary usage of Asclepiadaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... chambers where water in the aqueous or gaseous state collects, and for.
the collection of humus upon which this asclepiadaceous plant primarily depends ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"The asclepiadaceous flower appears externally to consist of the usually reflexed
petals and sepals and of the so-called "column," which is surrounded by ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"In the fls. mosquitos and other insects are caught, much as they are in other
asclepiadaceous plants. ..."
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"... special pocket-leaves and mantle- leaves serve for the accumulation of humus
and water. The transformation of the leaves of the asclepiadaceous plant ..."
5. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"... and asclepiadaceous creepers. The deeper parts, through which a sluggish stream
meanders, are marked by the soft green colour of the big leaves of the ..."
6. American Druggist (1891)
"THE New York Evening Post of June 23d says, editorially : Tasi, a South American
Galactagogue. A SOUTH AMERICAN asclepiadaceous plant, ..."
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