Associations to the word «Asclepiad»

Wiktionary

ASCLEPIAD, noun. (poetry) A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
ASCLEPIAD, noun. (Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepias, known as physicians or healers.

Dictionary definition

ASCLEPIAD, noun. Any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke