pleurisy root

pleurisy root

butterfly weed
the root of this plant, formerly used as a cure for pleurisy

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pleurisy root

noun

See butterfly weed.

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Noun

The large tuberous root of a kind of milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), used as a remedy for pleuritic and other diseases.
The plant itself, which has deep orange-coloured flowers; butterfly weed.

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