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 Meaning of FAMILY ASCLEPIADACEAE
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | Araujia, asclepiad, Asclepias, dicot family, Gentianales, genus Araujia, genus Asclepias, genus Cynancum, genus Hoya, genus Periploca, genus Sarcostemma, genus Stapelia, genus Stephanotis, genus Vincetoxicum, magnoliopsid family, order Gentianales, Periploca, Sarcostemma, Vincetoxicum |  |     |    |  |