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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice;
[syn: Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Asclepiadaceae \Asclepiadaceae\ n.
   a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with
   milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias).
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Asclepiadaceae
    n 1: widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order
         Gentianales; most with milky juice [syn: Asclepiadaceae,
         family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family]