ASCLEPIAS
\ɐsklˈiːpi͡əz], \ɐsklˈiːpiəz], \ɐ_s_k_l_ˈiː_p_iə_z]\
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A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
By Oddity Software
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A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
By Noah Webster.
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Root of asclepias tuberosa; diaphoretic and expectorant.
By William R. Warner
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Genus of herbs; A. tuberosa is expectorant, diaphoretic, or cathartic.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).