eupatorium

[yoo-puh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-]

noun

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

eupatorium

/ ˌjuːpəˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of eupatorium¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of eupatorium¹

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

Example Sentences

The plants are in the genus Eupatorium, a group of plants in the sunflower family.

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Flowers, achenes, etc., as in Eupatorium.—Twining perennials, climbing bushes, with opposite commonly heart-shaped and petioled leaves, and corymbose-panicled flesh-colored flowers.

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The warm infusion of eupatorium perfoliatum answers well as an emetic, producing also a laxative effect.

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His cure-all was a bitter tea decocted from leaves and stalks of this Eupatorium purpureum, and in token of his success the plant bears everywhere his name, but it is now wholly neglected by the simpler and herb-doctor.

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The sister plant, the Eupatorium perfoliatum, known as Thoroughwort, Boneset, Ague-weed, or Indian Sage, grows everywhere by its side, and is also used in fevers.

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