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Definition of Pleurisy root
1. Noun. Erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers.
Generic synonyms: Milkweed, Silkweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleurisy Root
Literary usage of Pleurisy root
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"In acute inflammation of the parenchyma, or of the serous membrane of the lungs,
it will not do to rely upon the pleurisy root alone, but we should resort ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"For sweating purposes the pennyroyal, catnip and hemlock, boughs, or twigs, and
leaves, and the white-root, or pleurisy-root, (asclepias tuberosa) would be ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"... especially in adults, free antiseptic opening and drainage of the cavity alone
affords any hope of cure. pleurisy root. See BUTTERFLY WEED. ..."
4. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"The most showy of native US milkweeds is A. tuberosa, more generally called
butterfly weed and pleurisy root; it is quite common, especially in the South; ..."
5. New Remedies: Their Pathogenetic Effects and Therapeutic Application in by Edwin Moses Hale (1864)
"(pleurisy root.~) The root of this variety of Asclepias is perennial, and gives
origin to numerous stems which are erect, ascending, or procumbent, round, ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1848)
"In acute inflammation of the parenchyma, or of the serous membrane of the lungs,
it will not do to rely upon the pleurisy root alone, but we should resort ..."
7. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"For sweating purposes the pennyroyal, catnip and hemlock, boughs, or twigs, and
leaves, and the white-root, or pleurisy-root, (asclepias tuberosa) would be ..."
8. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"... especially in adults, free antiseptic opening and drainage of the cavity alone
affords any hope of cure. pleurisy root. See BUTTERFLY WEED. ..."
9. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"The most showy of native US milkweeds is A. tuberosa, more generally called
butterfly weed and pleurisy root; it is quite common, especially in the South; ..."
10. New Remedies: Their Pathogenetic Effects and Therapeutic Application in by Edwin Moses Hale (1864)
"(pleurisy root.~) The root of this variety of Asclepias is perennial, and gives
origin to numerous stems which are erect, ascending, or procumbent, round, ..."
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