ASCLEPIAS

Asclepias, genus Asclepias

(noun) genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


As*cle"pi*as, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Asclepios or Aesculapius.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. Asclepias butterfly (Zoöl.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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