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Definition of Joe-pye weed
1. Noun. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple.
Group relationships: Eupatorium, Genus Eupatorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
2. Noun. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads.
Group relationships: Eupatorium, Genus Eupatorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Joe-pye weed
1. Noun. A plant of the genus ''Eutrochium''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Joe-pye weed
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Joe-pye Weed
Literary usage of Joe-pye weed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"... Joe-Pye Weed. with quacks ; so we will pass on from Joe-Pye weed and Indian
doctors to boneset. Boneset This is a very close relative of the Eupatorium ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Thoroughwort or joe-pye weed. After photograph by Williams. The goldenrods are,
for the most part, wand-plants with densely panicled small yellow heads. ..."
3. The Mysteries of the Flowers by Herbert Waldron Faulkner (1917)
"... These little flowers are of two kinds: tubular flowers, as seen in the sketch
of the Joe Pye weed, and ray flowers, as seen in that of the lion's-foot. ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"We are willing this coarse plant should be called Joe-Pye-weed. Rhus copallina
behind Bent's, out a day or two; earlier than at Cliffs. ..."
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