NOUN | plant | boneset, common comfrey, Symphytum officinale | European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers |
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plant | boneset, agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum | perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads |
Meaning | European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America. | |
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Synonyms | common comfrey, Symphytum officinale | |
Parts | comfrey, healing herb | leaves make a popular tisane |
Broader | comfrey, cumfrey | perennial herbs of Europe and Iran |
Catalan | symphytum officinale |
Meaning | perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine. | |
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Synonyms | agueweed, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum | |
Member of | Eupatorium, genus Eupatorium | large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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