[syn: boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
agueweed \agueweed\ n.
1. 1 a gentian of East North America having clusters of
bristly blue flowers.
Syn: ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian,
Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a perennial herb of the southeastern U. S. having
white-rayed flower heads. It was formerly used in folk
medicine.
Syn: boneset, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
agueweed
n 1: gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly
blue flowers [syn: agueweed, ague weed, five-flowered
gentian, stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia,
Gentiana quinquefolia]
2: perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-
rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine [syn:
boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium
perfoliatum]