BUTTERFLY WEED

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Asclepias tuberosa; butterfly weed; chigger flower; chiggerflower; Indian paintbrush; orange milkweed; pleurisy root; tuber root

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("butterfly weed" is a kind of...):

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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