eupatorium

[ yoo-puh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr- ]
/ ˌyu pəˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

any of numerous composite plants of the genus Eupatorium, having flat-topped clusters of flowers and comprising the bonesets or thoroughworts.

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Origin of eupatorium

1570–80; < New Latin < Greek eupatṓrion hemp agrimony, after Eupátōr surname of Mithridates, said to have first used it

Words nearby eupatorium

eunuchize, eunuchoid, eunuchoid gigantism, eunuchoidism, euonymus, eupatorium, eupatrid, eupen and malmédy, eupepsia, eupeptic, euphausiid
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British Dictionary definitions for eupatorium

eupatorium
/ (ˌjuːpəˈtɔːrɪəm) /

noun

any plant of the genus Eupatorium, of N temperate regions and tropical America: cultivated for their ornamental clusters of purple, pink, or white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

Word Origin for eupatorium

C16: from New Latin, from Greek eupatorion hemp agrimony, from Eupator surname of Mithridates VI, king of Pontus and traditionally the first to have used it medicinally
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