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单词 butterfly weed
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Definition of butterfly weed in English:

butterfly weed

noun
mass noun
  • A North American milkweed with bright orange flowers which are attractive to butterflies.

    Asclepias tuberosa, family Asclepiadaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seeds of most hardy perennials - including bleeding heart, butterfly weed, columbine, delphinium, liatris, and penstemon - require a period of chilling to germinate.
    • Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus.
    • In North America, monarch butterflies lay their eggs on and drink the nectar of numerous milkweed species, including the bright orange Asclepias tuberosa, known to gardeners as butterfly weed.
    • Then they added more grasses and some butterfly weed, asters, and anemones, often in repetition and sweeps.
    • Milkweed or butterfly weed (Asclepias spp.), which produces flattened clusters of star-shaped blooms for months, is a nectar plant for several butterflies and a larval food plant for monarch butterflies.
 
 

Definition of butterfly weed in US English:

butterfly weed

noun
  • A North American milkweed with bright orange flowers which are attractive to butterflies.

    Asclepias tuberosa, family Asclepiadaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seeds of most hardy perennials - including bleeding heart, butterfly weed, columbine, delphinium, liatris, and penstemon - require a period of chilling to germinate.
    • Milkweed or butterfly weed (Asclepias spp.), which produces flattened clusters of star-shaped blooms for months, is a nectar plant for several butterflies and a larval food plant for monarch butterflies.
    • Plants here include prairie rose, nodding onion, gray-headed coneflower, butterfly weed, green milkweed, hoary puccoon, and even eastern prickly pear cactus.
    • In North America, monarch butterflies lay their eggs on and drink the nectar of numerous milkweed species, including the bright orange Asclepias tuberosa, known to gardeners as butterfly weed.
    • Then they added more grasses and some butterfly weed, asters, and anemones, often in repetition and sweeps.
 
 
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