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Noun: Joe-Pye weed
  1. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple
    "Joe-Pye weed attracted butterflies to the wetland";
    - 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
    - spotted Joe-Pye weed, Eupatorium maculatum

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Eupatorium, genus Eupatorium

Encyclopedia: Joe-Pye weed