Noun: Asclepiadaceae
- Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
"The Asclepiadaceae includes many species important to monarch butterflies";
- family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family
Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family
Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales
Encyclopedia: Asclepiadaceae