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Noun: family Asclepiadaceae
  1. Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
    - Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales

Nearest

family Argasidae
family Argentinidae
family Argiopidae
family Argonautidae
family Ariidae
family Aristolochiaceae
family Armadillidiidae
family Artamidae
family Ascaphidae
family Ascaridae
family Asclepiadaceae
family Asilidae
family Asparagaceae
family Aspergillaceae
family Asphodelaceae
family Aspleniaceae
family Astacidae
family Asteraceae
family Atherinidae
family Athiorhodaceae
family Athyriaceae