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