noun
widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
• Syn: ↑Asclepiadaceae, ↑milkweed family
• Derivationally related forms: ↑asclepiadaceous (for: ↑Asclepiadaceae)
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales
• Member Meronyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.