boneset. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

boneset

SYLLABICATION:	bone·set
PRONUNCIATION:	bnst
NOUN:	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.
ETYMOLOGY:	From its use as a folk medicine.


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