Asclepiad

noun

1. [capitalized] In ancient prosody, an Asclepiadic (verse or line).
2. In botany, a member of the order Asclepiadaceæ.
3. [capitalized] One of the Asclepiads (which see).
4. A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
5. any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae