Definition of Eupatorium perfoliatum

1. Noun. Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.

Exact synonyms: Agueweed, Boneset, Thoroughwort
Group relationships: Eupatorium, Genus Eupatorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eupatorium Perfoliatum

Eunomian
Eunomians
Euonymous alatus
Euonymus americanus
Euonymus atropurpureus
Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus fortunei radicans
Euonymus radicans vegetus
Euopean hoopoe
Euparyphium
Eupatorium aya-pana
Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium capillifolium
Eupatorium coelestinum
Eupatorium maculatum
Eupatorium perfoliatum (current term)
Eupatorium purpureum
Eupatorium rugosum
Euphagus
Euphagus carilonus
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausiacea
Euphemia
Euphorbia amygdaloides
Euphorbia antisyphilitica
Euphorbia caput-medusae
Euphorbia corollata
Euphorbia cyathophora
Euphorbia cyparissias
Euphorbia dentata

Literary usage of Eupatorium perfoliatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"North America, in low grounds. Fio. 172. Eupatorium perfoliatum: flowering top. . "-«! Description.—Leaves opposite, united at base, lanceolate, ..."

2. Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States: Or, Medical Botany by William Paul Crillon Barton (1818)
"... Eupatorium perfoliatum. BONE-SET. THOROUGH-WORT. Thorough-stem. Vegetable Antimony. Cross-wort. Indian Sage. Thorough-wax. « Ague-weed," of the Indians. ..."

3. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"... with the emetic, give a strong, warm tea made of the leaves and flowers of the boneset (eupatorium perfoliatum), as this is recommended in this disease ..."

4. A Manual of pharmacodynamics by Richard Hughes (1899)
"DULCAMARA, ELATERIUM, Eupatorium perfoliatum AND PURPUREUM, EUPHORBIUM, EUPHRASIA, FERRUM. My first medicine to-day is the bitter-sweet or woody nightshade, ..."

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