boneset

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boneset - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boneset \Bone"set`\ (-s[e^]t`), n. (Bot.)
     A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum
     ). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
     [1913 Webster]

boneset - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  boneset
      n 1: European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;
           naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: common comfrey
           , boneset, Symphytum officinale]
      2: perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-
         rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine [syn:
         boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium   perfoliatum
         ]