| 单词 | asclepiadaceous |
| 释义 | asclepiadaceous[ uh-sklee-pee-uh-dey-shuhs ] / əˌskli pi əˈdeɪ ʃəs / adjectivebelonging to the Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family of plants. Compare milkweed family. Origin of asclepiadaceous1875–80; <New Latin Asclepiadace(ae) (Asclepiad-, stem of Asclepias the type genus (Latin <Greek asklēpiás a plant, perhaps the swallowwort, derivative of AsklēpiósAsclepius) + -aceae-aceae) + -ous Words nearby asclepiadaceousascidian, ascidium, ascigerous, ASCII, ascites, asclepiadaceous, Asclepiadean, Asclepiades, asclepias, Asclepius, asco- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for asclepiadaceousasclepiadaceous / (æˌskliːpɪəˈdeɪʃəs) / adjectiveof, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae Word Origin for asclepiadaceousC19: from New Latin Asclēpias genus name, from Latin, from Greek asklēpias, named after Asclepius Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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