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Definition of Eupatorium
1. Noun. Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Eupatorium Maculatum, Joe-pye Weed, Spotted Joe-pye Weed, Agueweed, Boneset, Eupatorium Perfoliatum, Thoroughwort, Eupatorium Purpureum, Joe-pye Weed, Marsh Milkweed, Purple Boneset, Trumpet Weed
Definition of Eupatorium
1. n. A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
Definition of Eupatorium
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Eupatorium'' of perennial herbs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Eupatorium
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eupatorium
Literary usage of Eupatorium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"142 ; but the leaves of the latter are much narrower. 906. eupatorium ...
eupatorium concinnum, Hook, et Arn.—There are about twenty florets in the ..."
2. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"eupatorium rotundifolium, L. Grows in dry pine barrens ; collected in St.
John's Berkeley; vicinity of Charleston ; Rich- land District. ..."
3. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"eupatorium purpureum. — Purple Thoroughwort. — Purple flowers in August; perennial;
... eupatorium perfoliatum,—Bone-set, or Medicinal Thorough wort, ..."
4. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"eupatorium perfoliatum, boneset or thoroughwort, is indigenous to the temperate
regions of the Eastern United States. In the form of an infusion or tea, ..."
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