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ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Asclepias tuberosa mean?

• ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (noun)
The noun ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA has 1 sense:

1. erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

Familiarity information: ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA used as a noun is very rare.

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• ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA (noun)

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Asclepias tuberosa ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias tuberosa; butterfly weed; chigger flower; chiggerflower; Indian paintbrush; orange milkweed; pleurisy root; tuber root

Hypernyms ("Asclepias tuberosa" is a kind 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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