TRUMPETWEED

Etymology

Noun

trumpetweed (uncountable)

Any of the joe-pye weeds, herbaceous composite plants of genus Eutrochium, often having hollow stems, bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads, native to eastern North America.

The sea trumpet.

Source: Wiktionary


Trump"et*weed`, n. (Bot.) (a) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads. (b) The sea trumpet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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