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Noun: genus Asclepias
  1. Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
    - Asclepias

Type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus

Part of: Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family

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