Definition of Purple boneset

1. Noun. North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Boneset

purpies
purple
purple-fish
purple-flowering raspberry
purple-fringed orchid
purple-fringed orchis
purple-hooded orchis
purple-staining Cortinarius
purple-stemmed aster
purple amaranth
purple anise
purple apricot
purple avens
purple bacteria
purple beech
purple boneset (current term)
purple chinese houses
purple clematis
purple clover
purple coral
purple corals
purple cress
purple drank
purple dye murex
purple dye murices
purple emperor
purple emperors
purple finch
purple fringeless orchid
purple fringeless orchis

Literary usage of Purple boneset

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

1. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... lead acetate solution: gallic acid; ash 7.5 to 9.9 per cent, ALLIED PLANTS.—Purple boneset or Joe-pye weed (Fupa- torium purpureum), a common herb (Fig. ..."

2. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... lead acetate solution; gallic acid; ash 7.5 to 9.9 per cent. ALLIED PLANTS.—Purple boneset or Joe-pye weed (Eupa- torium purpureum), a common herb (Fig ..."

3. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1873)
"... Ivs. in 3s, very thin, lanceolate.—Mountain woods, etc. Height about i)£ 6 E. maculatura L. purple boneset. St. solid, striate, hispid or pubescent, ..."

4. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"purple boneset. AC Herb.: Towner 307, Neche, Lake Metigoshe, Bottineau. Univ. Heru.: Bottineau. The roots of the herb have been recognized as an official ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Purple boneset on Dictionary.com!Search for Purple boneset on Thesaurus.com!Search for Purple boneset on Google!Search for Purple boneset on Wikipedia!

Search