Bot. [f. next + -AD.] A plant belonging to the order Asclepiadaceæ: see next. Asclepiadaceous a., of or belonging to this order. Asclepiadeous a., of the genus Asclepias.
1859. Darwin, Orig. Spec., xiv. (1878), 375. Orchids and asclepiads having pollen-masses with viscid discs.
1872. Oliver, Elem. Bot., II. 208. The pollen of Asclepiads is held together by a secretion of the anther-cell.
1880. Burbidge, Gard. Sun, App. 342. A singular new asclepiadaceous genus.
