tuber root

Other forms: tuber roots

Definitions of tuber root
  1. noun
    erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
    synonyms: Asclepias tuberosa, Indian paintbrush, butterfly weed, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root
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    type of:
    milkweed, silkweed
    any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
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