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Butterfly weed is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUTTERFLY WEED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.3–1 metre tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5–12 cm long, and 2–3 cm broad. This plant favors dry, sand or gravel soil, but has also been reported on stream margins. It requires full sun. It is commonly known as Butterfly Weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar. It is also the larval food plant of the Queen and Monarch butterflies. Hummingbirds, bees and other insects are also attracted. Extracts were used by Native Americans as an expectorant for wet coughs and other pulmonary ailments. Use of the herb is contraindicated in pregnancy, during lactation or with infants due to the small amount of cardiac glycosides.

Definition of butterfly weed in the English dictionary

The definition of butterfly weed in the dictionary is a North American asclepiadaceous plant, Asclepias tuberosa, having flat-topped clusters of bright orange flowers Also called: orange milkweed, pleurisy root.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTTERFLY WEED

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Synonyms and antonyms of butterfly weed in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «butterfly weed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUTTERFLY WEED

Find out the translation of butterfly weed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

蝴蝶杂草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mala hierba de mariposa
570 millions of speakers

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butterfly weed
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Translator English - Hindi

तितली घास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

فراشة الاعشاب
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Translator English - Russian

бабочка сорняков
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

erva daninha de borboleta
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Translator English - Bengali

প্রজাপতি আগাছা
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Translator English - French

asclépiade
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Translator English - Malay

Rumpai rama-rama
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Translator English - German

Schmetterling Unkraut
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Translator English - Japanese

蝶の雑草
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Translator English - Korean

나비 잡초
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Translator English - Javanese

Ganja kupu
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bướm cỏ dại
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Translator English - Tamil

பட்டாம்பூச்சி களை
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Translator English - Marathi

बटरफ्लाय तण
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Translator English - Turkish

Kelebek otu
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Translator English - Italian

farfalla erbaccia
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Translator English - Polish

butterfly weed
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

метелик бур´янів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fluture buruienilor
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Translator English - Greek

πεταλούδα ζιζανίων
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Translator English - Afrikaans

vlinder onkruid
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Translator English - Swedish

butterfly weed
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Translator English - Norwegian

butterfly luke
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTERFLY WEED»

Discover the use of butterfly weed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to butterfly weed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for ...
How TO GROW BUTTERFLY WEED Plant butterfly weed in a sunny site in average, well-drained soil. Good drainage is especially important during the winter months, and a winter mulch also helps keep the plant thriving. Established plants ...
Jeff Cox, 2002
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Butterfly Weed
The raucous and poignant story of Doc Swain describes how he becomes a physician without attending medical school, his ability to heal patients with the "dream cure," his pursuit by a student and a music teacher from the high school at ...
Donald Harington, 2011
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The Book of Field and Roadside: Open-country Weeds, Trees, ...
Butterfly-weed (Asdepias tuberosa). Milkweed family. Its bright orange flowers, hairy stems, and alternate, lance-shaped leaves (unlike the opposite leaf arrangement of most milkweeds) help identify butterfly-weed. A native perennial, it stands ...
John Andrew Eastman, 2003
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Dancing with the Wheel
The older leaves are too strong to be a vegetable, but they may be dried for tea. Like the Thunderbird, fireweed is a plant that happily serves all of its relations. THE BUTTERFLY CLAN, ELEMENT OF AIR-BUTTERFLY WEED The plant for the ...
Sun Bear, Wabun Wind, Crysalis Mulligan, 2012
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Garden Witch's Herbal
butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Butterfly weed can grow up to three feet in height. Its flowers are displayed at the top of their stalks in clusters. Flowers are found in several shades of orange to red. They bloom from midsummer to fall.
Ellen Dugan, 2012
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Cape Cod Wildflowers: A Vanishing Heritage
Butterfly-weed Asclepias tuberosa L. The great Roman naturalist, Pliny the Elder, once remarked that 'nature excels in its smallest details'. Much of the intricate beauty of nature is lost to us because we are in a hurry and cannot take time to ...
Mario J. DiGregorio, Jeff Wallner, 2003
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The Butterfly Weed Patch
The book contains photographs of the real life transformation of monarch caterpillars into a monarch butterfly, as well as, the growth of the butterfly weed from seed to full grown plant.
E. A. Wells, 2012
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Earth Works: Readings for Backyard Gardeners
Growing butterfly weed is easy, but it requires some patience. Whatever you do, don't try to dig butterfly weed from the wild. Not only is it a conservation "no-no," it's unlikely to work. Butterfly weed (Asdepias tuberosa) has a long, brittle tap root  ...
Nancy Hugo, Nancy Ross Hugo, 1997
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Legends and Lore of Texas Wildflowers
Milkweed Milkweed Family (Asclepiadaceae) Common Names: Antelope Horns, Silkweed, Butterfly Weed t the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, thousands of visitors were attracted to a large bed of brilliant reddish orange ...
Elizabeth Silverthorne, 2002
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Better Homes & Gardens Perennial Gardening
With vivid orange flowers, butterfly weed adds sizzle to perennial plantings. It blooms in early to midsummer and fits perfectly into mixed borders and wildlife, meadow, and prairie gardens. Many butterflies sip its nectar; caterpillars of monarchs ...
Better Homes & Gardens, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTERFLY WEED»

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Butterfly garden planted at AY Jackson
... yarrow, blanket flower, sage, chrysanthemum, bee balm, joe pye weed, Cinderella milkweed and butterfly weed in their garden, said Erica. «www.ottawacommunitynews.com/, Jul 15»
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July is simply the heart of summer
The blood orange of butterfly weed and roadside day-lilies and prairie butterfly weed. The Van Gogh orange of black-eyed Susans nodding in an abandoned ... «Troy Daily News, Jul 15»
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Pruning by deer is a growing problem
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed): Reaching a height of 2 to 4 feet and a spread of 2 to 3 feet, this tough perennial offers clusters of orange ... «Moultrie Observer, Jul 15»
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'A matter of looking closely': Northfield Garden Club digs in for 2015 …
The orange butterfly weed stands out in the front yard of Carolyn Stanford and Chuck Carlin. (Kevin Krein/Northfield News). Ain't nobody here ... «Southernminn.com, Jul 15»
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Deadhead flower beds, sharpen mower blades and more: This …
Small, yellow aphids on your butterfly weed or milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) will not damage the plants or affect the feeding of adult and ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Summer wildflower season is upon us
In my opinion not much compares to the conspicuous, neon-orange umbels of butterfly weed and the splashy, pure red royal catchfly. «Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Jul 15»
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July Fourth 2015
... hay speckled with ox eye daisies and butterfly weed, ferries jammed with people, dogs and bicycles, ice cream cones dripping on sidewalks, ... «The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News, Jul 15»
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There's a new family clinic in Manchester
... and on the two acres in front of the clinic he is already busy planting Monkey Flowers, Butterfly Weed, and Bee Balm, to attract butterflies. «Brighton-Pittsford Post, Jul 15»
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Master daylily grower salutes 'one-day flowers'
Garden flowers that look good with daylilies in arrangements include herbs, butterfly weed, cockscomb, hellebores and roses, if the colors ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
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Arboretum Paths: Nature's beauty – inspiration for your garden
... such as the beds surrounding an approach walk to a state park welcome center filled with native grasses, butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) ... «Picayune Item, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Butterfly weed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/butterfly-weed>. Apr 2024 ».
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