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boneset
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several plants of the genus ''Eupatorium''. 2 The herb common boneset, (taxlink Eupatorium perfoliatum species noshow=1).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Boneset can refer to any of a number of plants: Various species of Ageratina Various species of Eupatorium particularly Eupatorium perfoliatum Symphytum officinale , a garden herb also called comfrey
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boneset \Bone"set`\, n. (Bot.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort ( Eupatorium perfoliatum ). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: common comfrey , Symphytum officinale ] perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine ...
Usage examples of boneset.
It was so similar to agrimony that she thought of it as a variation of that herb -- but one of the other medicine women at the Clan Gathering had called it boneset, and used it for that purpose.
In my mind, I pictured the flask of boneset, the bundle of willow bark, betony, and other things I would need.
It was heavier than it lookedbecause of the bonesetting kit, of course.
It was so similar to agrimony that she thought of it as a variation of that herb -- but one of the other medicine women at the Clan Gathering had called it boneset, and used it for that purpose.
Hannah pointed out the tracks of a fox, and spots where boneset and wild plum grew thick in the summer.
Many of the earlier works allude to this species as a diuretic, and therefore of use in dropsy, but this is an error, this property being possessed by Eupatorium purpureum, the purple-flowered Boneset, or Gravel Root.
Boneset, Hemp Agrimony and Gravel Root will be found described under their specific names.
Other names for this easy-grow perennial are purple boneset and queen-of-the-meadow.