Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Cow plant

COW PLANT, a perennial asclepiad of Ceylon, which acquired a factitious celebrity from the oft-repeated statement that its milky juice is used as milk, and that its leaves are boiled to supply the want of cream.

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