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Asclepias curassavica

DEFINITIONS OF: Asclepias curassavica

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n tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics

Synonyms:
blood flower, swallowwort
Type of:
milkweed, silkweed
any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
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