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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple;
[syn: Joe-Pye weed, purple boneset, trumpet weed, marsh milkweed, Eupatorium purpureum]

2. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads;
[syn: Joe-Pye weed, spotted Joe-Pye weed, Eupatorium maculatum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Joe-Pye weed \Joe`-Pye" weed`\ (Bot.) A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (Eupatorium purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Joe-Pye weed n 1: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: Joe-Pye weed, purple boneset, trumpet weed, marsh milkweed, Eupatorium purpureum] 2: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads [syn: Joe- Pye weed, spotted Joe-Pye weed, Eupatorium maculatum]