eupatorium

[yoo-puh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-]

noun

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

Origin of eupatorium

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for eupatorium

Historical Examples of eupatorium

The Eupatorium is not, I think, extensively cultivated in the garden.
A Garden with House Attached
Sarah Warner Brooks
The beautiful blue flowering Eupatorium cœlestinum and the Lobelia syphilitica bore their flowers amongst the thorn-apples.
Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843)
Alexander Philipp Maximilian, Prince of Wied
It feeds on hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), hibernates when small, and completes its growth in May or early June.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series
Richard South
Eupatorium ayapana, belonging to the same order as Mikania, is a valuable repellent of the poison of venomous snakes.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series
Philip Henry Gosse
If the fever subsides, and the soreness remain, Hydrastin or Eupatorium arom.
An Epitome of Homeopathic Healing Art
B. L. Hill

British Dictionary definitions for eupatorium

eupatorium

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012