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joe-pye weed definition

☆ joe·-pye· weed (jō′pī′-)

any of a number of perennial American plants (genus Eupatorium) of the composite family, with whorled leaves and clusters of rayless, pinkish or purple flower heads

Etymology: < ? the name of an Indian doctor said to have used the plant as medicine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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