Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the North American plant Asclepias tuberosa; the pleurisy-root.
- noun The butterfly-pea, Clitoria Mariana.
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Examples
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Plants characteristic of the prairie area include big bluestem, Indian grass, whorled rosinweed, butterfly-weed, ladies'-tresses and bush clover.
Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio 2007
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Under the birch-tree a few small brown butterflies, using the butterfly-weed for corners, were playing puss-in-the-corner,
The Adventures of Maya the Bee Waldemar Bonsels 1919
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The highest were the white tufts of yarrow and butterfly-weed -- the flaming milkweed that drew you like a magnet.
The Adventures of Maya the Bee Waldemar Bonsels 1919
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The butterfly-weed, with its brilliant scarlet flowers, attracted flocks of butterflies and made fine masses of color.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir 1876
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