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Butterfly Weed

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Noun

1. asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root

erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Butterfly Weed

see synonyms of butterfly weed
noun
a North American asclepiadaceous plant, Asclepias tuberosa (or A. decumbens), having flat-topped clusters of bright orange flowers
. Also called: orange milkweed, pleurisy root

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Butterfly Weed

see synonyms of butterfly weed
a North American wildflower (Asclepias tuberosa) of the milkweed family, with orange flowers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Butterfly Weed

see synonyms of butterfly weed
n.
A North American milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) having showy clusters of usually bright orange flowers and a root that was formerly used in medicine. Also called pleurisy root.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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