Noun milkweed family has 1 sense
  1. Asclepiadaceae, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
    --1 is a kind of dicot family, magnoliopsid family
    --1 is a member of Gentianales, order Gentianales
    --1 has members:
     asclepiad; Asclepias, genus Asclepias; Araujia, genus Araujia; genus Cynancum; genus Hoya; Periploca, genus Periploca; Sarcostemma, genus Sarcostemma; genus Stapelia; genus Stephanotis; Vincetoxicum, genus Vincetoxicum
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