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Webster 1913 Edition


Trumpetweed

Trump′et-weedˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
An herbaceous composite plant (
Eupatorium purpureum
), often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads.
(b)
The sea trumpet.

Definition 2024


trumpetweed

trumpetweed

English

Noun

trumpetweed (uncountable)

  1. Any of the joe-pye weeds, herbaceous composite plants of genus Eutrochium, often having hollow stems, bearing purplish flowers in small corymbed heads, native to eastern North America.
  2. The sea trumpet.