pleurisy root
a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
the root.
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How to use pleurisy root in a sentence
Infusum asclepiadis tuberos, L. From the root of butterfly weed or pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa).
When they came to the large beds of orange pleurisy root the Girl cried out with pleasure.
The Harvester | Gene Stratton PorterThis flower has a variety of names: it is called pleurisy root, and wind root, and orange root.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. | Ellen Eddy ShawUnlike the other milkweeds, the pleurisy root contains little or no milky juice.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants | A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
British Dictionary definitions for pleurisy root
the root of the butterfly weed, formerly used as a cure for pleurisy
another name for butterfly weed
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