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Noun: orange milkweed  'or-unj'milk,weed or 'ór-inj'milk,weed [N. Amer], 'ó-rinj'milk,weed [Brit]
  1. Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
    - butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa

Derived forms: orange milkweeds

Type of: milkweed, silkweed

Encyclopedia: Orange milkweed