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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boneset \Bone"set`\, n. (Bot.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort ({Eupatorium perfoliatum}). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: boneset n 1: European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America [syn: {common comfrey}, {Symphytum officinale}] 2: perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine [syn: {agueweed}, {thoroughwort}, {Eupatorium perfoliatum}]
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