[syn: boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boneset \Bone"set`\ (-s[e^]t`), n. (Bot.)
A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium
perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
boneset
n 1: European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers;
naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: common
comfrey, boneset, Symphytum officinale]
2: perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-
rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine [syn:
boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium
perfoliatum]