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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun asclepias has 1 senses

asclepias(n = noun.plant) genus asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed;
is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of asclepiadaceae, family asclepiadaceae, milkweed family

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

asclepias, n. [L., fr. Gr. , named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.].

A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. [1913 Webster]

Asclepias butterfly (Zoöl.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.