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单词 joe-pye weed
释义

joe-pye weed

noun

ˈjō-ˈpī- How to pronounce joe-pye weed (audio)
: any of several tall North American perennial composite herbs (especially Eupatorium maculatum and E. purpureum) with whorled leaves and corymbose heads of typically purplish tubular flowers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Many species of caterpillars exclusively eat milkweed leaves, and butterflies consume nectar from natives, including wild bergamots, yarrows and joe-pye weed. Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022 But also hickory, chestnut, elms and birches, and joe-pye weed, aster, marsh marigold, skunk cabbage, snakeweed. Matthew Cicanese And Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020

Word History

Etymology

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First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

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