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Definition of Agueweed
1. Noun. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
Generic synonyms: Gentian
Group relationships: Gentianella, Genus Gentianella
2. 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 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
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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