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Asclepias (medicine) and Preservation (medicine)


Asclepias (medicine)


asclepias
<botany> A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some Other species having medicinal properties.

<zoology> Asclepias butterfly, a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.

Origin: L, fr. Gr, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Preservation (medicine)


preservation


The act or process of preserving, or keeping safe; the state of being preserved, or kept from injury, destruction, or decay; Security; safety; as, preservation of life, fruit, game, etc.; a picture in good preservation.

Origin: F. Preservation.