/euh sklee'pee euh day"sheuhs/ , adj.
belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants. Cf. milkweed family .
[ 1875-80; Asclepiadace ( ae ) ( Asclepiad-, s. of Asclepias the type genus (L asklepiás a plant, perh. the swallowwort, deriv. of Asklepiós ASCLEPIUS) + -aceae -ACEAE) + -OUS ]