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butterfly weed
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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butterfly weed
(wn) | butterfly weed
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}] |
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