ASCLEPIAS SUBVERTICILLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asclepias subverticillata mean? 

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

1. milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASCLEPIAS SUBVERTICILLATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asclepias subverticillata; horsetail milkweed; poison milkweed

Hypernyms ("Asclepias subverticillata" 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)