Definitions for asclepias
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1. Asclepias, genus Asclepiasnoun

   genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

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1. Asclepias

   Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to humans and many other species, primarily due to the presence of cardenolides, although, as with many such plants, there are species that feed upon them (e.g., their leaves) and from them (e.g., their nectar). Most notable are monarch butterflies, who use and require certain milkweeds as host plants for their larvae. The genus contains over 200 species distributed broadly across Africa, North America, and South America. It previously belonged to the family Asclepiadaceae, which is now classified as the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. The genus was formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, who named it after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing.

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1. asclepias

   Asclepias, commonly known as milkweeds, is a genus of perennial, herbaceous, flowering plants, from the family Asclepiadaceae. They are named for their milky latex sap that contains alkaloids and cardenolides, which can be toxic if consumed in large quantities. They are native to North and South America and are known for their complex flowers and role as the sole host plants for Monarch butterflies.

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1. Asclepiasnoun

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

2. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. , named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.]

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1. Asclepias

   Asclepias L., the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. It previously belonged to the family Asclepiadaceae, but this is now classified as the subfamily Asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family Apocynaceae. Milkweed is named for its milky juice which consists of a latex containing alkaloids and several other complex compounds including cardenolides. Some species are known to be toxic. Carl Linnaeus named the genus after Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, because of the many folk-medicinal uses for the milkweed plants. Pollination in this genus is accomplished in an unusual manner. Pollen is grouped into complex structures called pollinia, rather than being individual grains or tetrads, as is typical for most plants. The feet or mouthparts of flower-visiting insects such as bees, wasps and butterflies, slip into one of the five slits in each flower formed by adjacent anthers. The bases of the pollinia then mechanically attach to the insect, pulling a pair of pollen sacs free when the pollinator flies off. Pollination is effected by the reverse procedure in which one of the pollinia becomes trapped within the anther slit.

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1. Asclepias

   as-klē′pi-as, n. a genus of plants, native to North America, giving name to the natural order of the Asclepidaceæ, and containing the milk-weed, swallow-wort, &c.

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1. Asclepias

   A plant genus of the family ASCLEPIADACEAE. This is the true milkweed; APOCYNUM & EUPHORBIA hirta are rarely called milkweed. Asclepias asthmatica has been changed to TYLOPHORA.

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   The numerical value of asclepias in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of asclepias in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asclepias
5. ^ Wikidata
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6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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