Asclepiasn.
/əskˈliːpɪas/ Botany.
A genus of plants, giving its name to a family, including the Milkweed, Swallow-wort, and some others, chiefly natives of the east coast of North America.
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swallowwort1548
Asclepias1578
silken cicely1597
silkweed1784
tame-poison1785
milkweed1814
green milkweed1829
Hoodia1830
asclepiad1859
poke milkweed1890
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 317 We may call it in English Asclepias, Vincetoxicum, and Swallowurt.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Asclepias..Swallow-wort or Silken Cicely.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 208 The exotic Asclepias Family, including the beautiful Hoyas and Stephanotis of our stoves.
1872 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia (new ed.) ii. 22 Cutting firewood from the asclepias.
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