Definitions of Asclepiadaceae
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widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
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synonyms:
family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family
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type of:
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dicot family, magnoliopsid family
family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
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dicot family, magnoliopsid family
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