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Definition of Thoroughwort
1. Noun. Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.
Group relationships: Eupatorium, Genus Eupatorium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Thoroughwort
1. n. Same as Boneset.
Definition of Thoroughwort
1. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium. ¹
2. Noun. The common boneset. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thoroughwort
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoroughwort
Literary usage of Thoroughwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"thoroughwort Bitters. Make a strong tea of thoroughwort; strain it; when cool,
put to two quarts of it half a pint of French brandy, the peel of two or ..."
2. The American Housewife: Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts by Experienced lady (1841)
"thoroughwort Bitters. Make a strong tea of the thoroughwort—strain it, and when
cool, put to a couple of quarts of it half a pint of French brandy, ..."
3. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Boneset or thoroughwort. After Britton and while others, at home Brown, in the
open, produce leaves that are slender or ..."
4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"TORREY'S thoroughwort. (Man. p. 922; IF /.3620.) In dry soil, Pa. to NC, Ky.,
... VERVAIN thoroughwort. ( Man. p. 923 ; IF f. 3624. ) In moist soil, Mass, ..."
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