butterfly weed: Meaning and Definition of
but'terfly weed"
- Also calleda North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, having clusters of bright orange flowers.
- an erect North American plant, Gaura coccinea, of the evening primrose family, having wandlike spikes of white to pink flowers turning red with age.
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