Trumpetweed \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.
Eupatorium purpureum
n : North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal
clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: {Joe-Pye
weed}, {purple boneset}, {trumpet weed}, {marsh milkweed}]