BUTTERFLY WEED


Meaning of BUTTERFLY WEED in English

noun

1. : an orange-flowered showy milkweed ( Asclepias tuberosa ) of eastern No. America — called also pleurisy root

2. : a prairie plant ( Gaura coccinea ) of western No. America with irregular scarlet flowers

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.