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Noun: milkweed family  'milk`weed 'famulee
  1. Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
    - Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: Gentianales, order Gentianales

Encyclopedia: Milkweed family