eupatorium









eupatorium


eupatorium [yoo-puh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun

  1. 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 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

    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 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

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