asclēpĭăs, ădis, f., = ἀσκληπιάς,
the common swallowwort : Asclepias vincetoxicum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 5, 18, § 35.
·noun A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal...
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