agueweed

2 definitions found

agueweed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  agueweed \agueweed\ n.
     1. 1 a gentian of East North America having clusters of
        bristly blue flowers.
  
     Syn: ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian,
          Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a perennial herb of the southeastern U. S. having
        white-rayed flower heads. It was formerly used in folk
        medicine.
  
     Syn: boneset, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum
          [WordNet 1.5]

agueweed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  agueweed
      n 1: gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly
           blue flowers [syn: agueweed, ague weed, five-flowered gentian
           , stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia,
           Gentiana quinquefolia]
      2: perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-
         rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine [syn:
         boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium   perfoliatum
         ]