Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common boneset of the United States, Eupatorium perfoliatum.
- noun A species of gentian, Gentiana quinqueflora.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a gentian of East North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
- noun a perennial herb of the southeastern U. S. having white-rayed flower heads. It was formerly used in folk medicine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An herb also known as
common boneset .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
- noun perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
- noun gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
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Examples
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I took that down, and after a moment's thought, added the jar containing a sort of gentian known locally as -agueweed.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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