boneset [
'bon`sɛt]
boneset[ noun ]- European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
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- perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
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Boneset \Bone"set`\, n. (Bot.)
A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort ({Eupatorium
perfoliatum}). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.