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Definition: Asclepias |
AsclepiasNoun1. Genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Asclepias \As*cle"pi*as\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Asclepias" is a common misspelling or typo for: Asclepiad. |
Synonym: AsclepiasSynonym: genus Asclepias (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Asclepias |
| English words defined with "Asclepias": Ipecacuanha ♦ milkweed ♦ Pleurisy root ♦ silkweed ♦ Vincetoxin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Asclepias": ALEXERITIC, ANTHURIUM ACUTANGULUM ♦ SCREWWORMS ♦ TOOTHACHE PLANTS ♦ VERNONIA BRACTEATA, VERNONIA BRASILILANA, VERNONIA CANESCENS, VERNONIA CINEREA. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Asclepias": Asclepiadaceous. (references) |
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 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Butterfly weed - Asclepias tuberosa as found on Washburn Island. This plant is poisonous if ingested in large quantities. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Farshot of Asclepias cordifolia. Credit: John Craig. |  | Closeup shot of Asclepias cordifolia. Credit: John Craig. |
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Expressions using "Asclepias": Asclepias albicans ♦ Asclepias butterfly ♦ Asclepias Curassavica ♦ Asclepias exaltata ♦ Asclepias incarnata ♦ Asclepias meadii ♦ Asclepias purpurascens ♦ Asclepias speciosa ♦ Asclepias subverticillata ♦ Asclepias tuberosa ♦ Asclepias verticillata ♦ genus Asclepias. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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asclepias | 23 |
asclepias tuberosa | 21 |
asclepias curassavica | 8 |
asclepias syriaca | 6 |
asclepias incarnata | 5 |
acida asclepias | 2 |
asclepias physocarpa | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "Asclepias" (pronounced 'As*cle"pi*as'): Abraxas, Acontias, Alas, Allhallowmas, Anabas, Ananas, Anas, Argas, Asterias, Barras, Bechuanas, Bolas, Boomdas, Boreas, Caas, Cabas, Caecias, Candlemas, Capias, Catawbas, Cayugas, Charras, Chasselas, Christmas, Corporas, Cossas, Cycas, Cyclas, Dakotas, Deas, Deinoceras, Dyas, fracas, Galimatias, Gibbartas, Hallowmas, hypospadias, Judas, Kansas, Lammas, Lias, Madras, Martinmas, Martlemas, Messias, Mias, Michaelmas, Midas, Mithras, monas. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: capiases, slipcase, specials. | |
-2 letters: aliases, apicals, calesas, capless, espials, lapises, lipases, palaces, palsies, pascals, plaices, spacial, special, splices. | |
-3 letters: aecial, aisles, apical, apices, aspics, assail, calesa, capias, cassia, clasps, epical, espial, lapses, lassie, lipase, paisas, palace, palais, pascal, passel, places, plaice, plicae, plisse, saices, saleps, salpae, salpas, scales, scalps, scapes, sepals, sepias, slices. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: asclepiads, calipashes, eclampsias. | |
+2 letters: capitalises, catalepsies. | |
+3 letters: plagioclases. | |
+4 letters: complaisances, incapableness, laparoscopies, practicalness, preeclampsias. | |
+5 letters: encapsulations, ergastoplasmic, particularises, precapitalists, quasiparticles, specialisation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 63 6C 65 70 69 61 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... -.-. .-.. . .--. .. .- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01100011 01101100 01100101 01110000 01101001 01100001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s c l e p i a s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0063 006C 0065 0070 0069 0061 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358569787182756785 |
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