Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name in Jamaica for Eupatorium nervosum, which is employed as a remedy in cholera, smallpox, and other diseases.
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Examples
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He advised the use of bitter-bush Eupatorium nervosum, a native plant, which was a successful remedy that saved many lives.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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He advised the use of bitter-bush Eupatorium nervosum, a native plant, which was a successful remedy that saved many lives.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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He advised the use of bitter-bush Eupatorium nervosum, a native plant, which was a successful remedy that saved many lives.
World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947
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The saline treatment was then in high esteem; but by means of the bitter-bush, _Eupatorium nervosum_, a shrub not unlike the wild sage in appearance, which grows freely on waste lands, he is said to have alleviated much suffering and saved many lives.
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