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butterfly weed

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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 orange milkweed, pleurisy root.
butterfly weed
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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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Noun1.butterfly weedbutterfly weed - erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
Asclepias tuberosa, chigger flower, chiggerflower, Indian paintbrush, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root
milkweed, silkweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts


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