Boneset

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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