ASCLEPIAS

Meaning of ASCLEPIAS in English

noun a genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

ASCLEPIAS — əˈsklēpēəs, aˈ- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, swallowwort ( Cynanchum vincetoxicum ), from Greek asklēpias, from Asklēpios, physician-hero of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASCLEPIAS — (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
Английский словарь Webster
ASCLEPIAS — ( n. ) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ASCLEPIADES — (-í-) npl [Bot.] Asclepias
Interlingua English vocab
BUTTERFLY WEED — noun Date: 1816 a North American milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) with showy orange flowers borne on erect leafy stems
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MILKWEED FAMILY — Family Asclepiadaceae, composed of about 2,000 species of flowering herbaceous plants or shrubby climbers in more than 280 genera. Most …
Английский словарь Британика
BUTTERFLY WEED — North American plant ( Asclepias tuberosa ) of the milkweed family , a stout, rough-haired perennial with long horizontal roots. …
Английский словарь Британика
ASCLEPIAD — I. əˈsklēpēəd, aˈ-, -ēˌad noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek asklēpiadeios, from asklēpiadeios asclepiadean, from Asklēpiadēs Asclepiades, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILD COTTON — noun 1. : cotton grass 2. a. : a shrubby herb ( Gossypium thurberi ) of southern Arizona and Mexico …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHORLED MILKWEED — noun : either of two No. American milkweeds with narrow leaves and greenish white flowers: a. : an herb ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIRGINIA SILK — noun Usage: usually capitalized V : a common milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca ) of eastern No. America
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWAMP MILKWEED — noun or swamp silkweed : a No. American milkweed ( Asclepias incarnata ) with lanceolate leaves and crimson or purple …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILKY SWALLOWWORT — noun : a common milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOWY MILKWEED — noun : a silky-white No. American perennial herb ( Asclepias speciosa ) with opposite oval leaves and profuse umbels of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROMERILLO — ˌrōməˈri(ˌ)lō noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish, diminutive of romero rosemary, from Latin ros maris, literally, dew of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PURPLE MILKWEED — noun : a tall No. American perennial herb ( Asclepias purpurascens ) with a terminal umbel of red or purple …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POKE MILKWEED — noun Etymology: poke (IV) : a milkweed ( Asclepias exaltata ) of the eastern United States with leaves resembling those …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLEURISY ROOT — noun 1. : butterfly weed 2. : asclepias 3a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MILKWEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several plants that secrete latex: as a. : a plant of the family Asclepiadaceae ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GYNOSTEGIUM — ˌ ̷ ̷nōˈstējēəm — see gyn- noun ( plural gynoste·gia -jēə) Etymology: New Latin, from gyn- + steg- + -ium 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GREEN MILKWEED — noun : a green-flowered herb ( Asclepias viridiflora ) of the eastern United States resembling the common milkweeds
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESERT MILKWEED — noun : any of several plants of the genus Asclepias that grow in the dry regions of southwestern United States …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COTTONWEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : cudweed a 2. : a common milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca ) with dull purplish flowers 3. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY WEED — noun 1. : an orange-flowered showy milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) of eastern No. America — called also pleurisy root …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLOODFLOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a tropical herb ( Asclepias curassavica ) with orange-red flowers 2. : blood lily
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ASCLEPIADACEAE — Texas, or white, milkweed (Asclepias texana) the milkweed family of the flowering-plant order Gentianales, including more than 280 genera and …
Britannica English vocabulary
WILD COTTON — бот. ваточник (Asclepias gen.) (ботаника) ваточник (Asclepias gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILKWEED — бот. ваточник (Asclepias syriaca) (ботаника) ваточник (Asclepias syriaca)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ВАТОЧНИК КРАСИВЫЙ — 1) (Asclepias pulchra) hairy milkweed 2) (Asclepias speciosa) showy milkweed
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь
WILD COTTON — бот. ваточник (Asclepias gen.) (ботаника) ваточник (Asclepias gen.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SILKWEED — бот. ваточник (Asclepias syriaca) (ботаника) ваточник (Asclepias syriaca)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster English vocab

← ASCLEPIADACEOUS ASCOCARP→