ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asclepias incarnata mean? 

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

1. densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Densely branching perennial of the eastern United States with white to crimson or purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias incarnata; swamp milkweed

Hypernyms ("Asclepias incarnata" 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)