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[syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleurisy \Pleu"ri*sy\, n. [F. pleur['e]sie, L. pleurisis,
pleuritis, Gr pleyri^tis (sc. no`sos), fr. pleyra` rib,
side.] (Med.)
An inflammation of the pleura, usually accompanied with
fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough, and with
exudation into the pleural cavity.
[1913 Webster]
Pleurisy root. (Bot.)
(a) The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias
tuberosa) which is used as a remedy for pleuritic and
other diseases.
(b) The plant itself, which has deep orange-colored flowers;
-- called also butterfly weed.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
chiggerflower \chiggerflower\ n.
an erect perennial of eastern and southern U. S. (Asclepias
tuberosa) having showy orange flowers.
Syn: butterfly weed, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber
root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Asclepias tuberosa
n 1: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States
having showy orange flowers [syn: butterfly weed, orange
milkweed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy
root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias
tuberosa]