JOE-PYE WEED


Meaning of JOE-PYE WEED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjō-ˈpī- ]

noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1818

: any of several tall North American perennial composite herbs (especially Eupatorium maculatum and E. purpureum ) with whorled leaves and corymbose heads of typically purplish tubular flowers

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.