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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asclepias \As*cle"pi*as\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. {Asclepias butterfly} (Zo["o]l.), a large handsome, red and black butterfly ({Danais Archippus}), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Asclepias n : genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed [syn: {Asclepias}, {genus Asclepias}]
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