feverweed

noun

1

: any of several plants of the genus Eryngium (as E. aquaticum of the southern U.S. or E. campestre of Europe)

2

: an American false foxglove (Gerardia pedicularia)

3

: a verbena (Verbena stricta) of the southwestern U.S.

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