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Meanings of Asclepias tuberosa in English

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

Synonyms
Examples for "butterfly weed"
Examples for "butterfly weed"
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When one comes to orange colour the butterfly weed takes the prize.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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I wandered the edge of the road, picking butterfly weed to weave into a scarlet crown.
Shadowed summer
3
Hepatica, columbines, anenome, bellflower, butterfly weed, turtle head and aster represent wild flowers which bloom from March through October.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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Some combine pleurisy root with it in pleurisy.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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When they came to the large beds of orange pleurisy root the Girl cried out with pleasure.
The Harvester
3
This flower has a variety of names: it is called pleurisy root, and wind root, and orange root.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
4
Following is good for diarrhea and dysentery: Tincture pleurisy root two ounces, brandy one ounce, syrup of raspberry three ounces.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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And a little later in the season there would be red and yellow stands of Indian paintbrush.
East of eden
2
Desert primroses showed their rounded pink clusters in sunny places, and here and there burned the carmine of Indian paintbrush.
The Call of the Canyon
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In the spring, the back acre would be flooded with bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush, but now, in the winter, there was nothing but yellow grass.
Mission road
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Billionaire businessman Steven M Rales picked up the tab through his Indian Paintbrush production outfit.
The Guardian