Asclepias
Asclepias , noun
[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.]
(Botany) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.
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Asclepias butterfly (Zoology) , a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.