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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 weed - erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowersbutterfly 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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Other good larva plants include milkweeds and butterfly weeds (for Monarch larva), snapdragons (buckeye larva), sassafras (spicebush swallowtail), violets (spangled fritillary), cherry trees (tiger swallowtail and viceroy) and honeysuckle (hummingbird moth).
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