Definition of Agueweed

1. Noun. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.


2. Noun. Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.
Exact synonyms: Boneset, Eupatorium Perfoliatum, Thoroughwort
Group relationships: Eupatorium, Genus Eupatorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Definition of Agueweed

1. Noun. An herb also known as common boneset. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agueweed

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agueweed

agua de jamaicas
agua fresca
agua frescas
agua toad
aguacate
aguacates
aguardiente
aguardientes
ague
ague root
ague weed
agued
aguelike
agues
agueweed (current term)
agueweeds
aguilarite
aguilla
aguillas
aguinaldo
aguinaldos
aguing
aguise
aguised
aguises
aguish
aguishly
aguishness
aguising

Literary usage of Agueweed

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

1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan (1917)
"Boneset; Common Thorough wort; agueweed; Indian Sage Eupatorium perfoliatum Flower-heads—Composite, the numerous, small, dull, white heads of tubular ..."

2. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"... agueweed, arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset, calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts; fever-root, -wort; friar's balsam, ..."

3. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company, Davis & Company Parke (1888)
"AgueWeed. Properties.—The Spanish American remedy for intermittent fevers. "In paludal diseases of any kind it is of worth. ..."

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