asclepiadaceae

1. Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales;
   Most with milky juice (synset 113253910)
   is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   member holonym:

   • asclepiad - any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
   • asclepias, genus asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
   • araujia, genus araujia - small genus of South American evergreen vines
   • genus cynancum - genus of perennial tropical African lianas
   • genus hoya - large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia
   • genus periploca, periploca - genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
   • genus sarcostemma, sarcostemma - succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia
   • genus stapelia - genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India
   • genus stephanotis - genus of Old World tropical woody vines
   • genus vincetoxicum, vincetoxicum - genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
   belongs to: gentianales, order gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
   same as: family asclepiadaceae, milkweed family

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