Associations to the word «Boneset»

Wiktionary

BONESET, noun. Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium.
BONESET, noun. The herb common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).

Dictionary definition

BONESET, noun. European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America.
BONESET, noun. Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats