asclepiadaceous
English
Etymology
Asclepias + -aceous.
Adjective
asclepiadaceous (not comparable)
- (botany) Relating to the milkweeds.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for asclepiadaceous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)