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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
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]
The 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]
