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Boneset

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Noun

1. boneset, common comfrey, symphytum officinale

European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America

2. agueweed, boneset, eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort

perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Boneset

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noun
any of various North American plants of the genus Eupatorium, esp E. perfoliatum, which has flat clusters of small white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
. Also called: agueweed, feverwort, thoroughwort

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Boneset

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noun
any of several plants of the composite family; esp., a plant (Eupatorium perfoliatum) with flat clusters of white flowers, used in folk medicine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Boneset

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n.
Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium in the composite family, especially the eastern North American species E. perfoliatum, having opposite leaves united around the stem and clusters of small white flower heads. Also called thoroughwort.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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