资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Joe-Pye weed \Joe`-Pye" weed`\ (Bot.)
A tall composite plant of the genus {Eupatorium} ({E.
purpureum}), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Joe-Pye weed
n 1: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal
clusters of flowers spotted with purple [syn: {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 [syn: {spotted
Joe-Pye weed}, {Eupatorium maculatum}]