milkweed family

1. 1.

   widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice

   SynonymsAsclepiadaceaefamily Asclepiadaceae

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofGentianales

Questions about milkweed family

What does milkweed family mean?

milkweed family means "widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice".

What is another word for milkweed family?

Close synonyms include Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is milkweed family a common word?

milkweed family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.