purple boneset.
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purple boneset — noun North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple • Syn: ↑Joe Pye weed, ↑trumpet weed, ↑marsh milkweed, ↑Eupatorium purpureum • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant … Useful english dictionary
purple boneset. — See joe pye weed (def. 1) … Useful english dictionary
boneset — /bohn set /, n. any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, esp. E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat topped cluster. Also called thoroughwort. [1810 20, Amer.; BONE1 + SET (v.), so named (by hyperbole) because… … Universalium
boneset — noun 1. European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America • Syn: ↑common comfrey, ↑Symphytum officinale • Hypernyms: ↑comfrey, ↑cumfrey • Part Meronyms: ↑comfrey, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Eupatorium — noun large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers • Syn: ↑genus Eupatorium • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Eupatorium — noun large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers • Syn: ↑Eupatorium • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
herbaceous plant — noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests • Syn: ↑herb • Derivationally related forms: ↑herbal (for: ↑herb) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
joe-pye weed — /joh puy / 1. Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers. 2. Also called spotted joe pye weed. a related plant, E. maculatum, having similar flowers and… … Universalium
Joe-Pye weed — noun 1. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads • Syn: ↑spotted Joe Pye weed, ↑Eupatorium maculatum • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑E … Useful english dictionary
Eutrochium — Taxobox name = Joe Pye weeds image width = 200px image caption = Joe Pye weed in flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta unranked classis = eudicot ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Eupatorieae genus = Eutrochium genus… … Wikipedia
