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boneset

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A European plant with small white, pink, or purple flowers that often grows wild and is used in traditional medicine

noun
/ˈboʊnˌsɛt/

: consuelda

Many people in the town grow boneset in their gardens for its beautiful white flowers.

Examples

I purchased just 5 plants: Sedum, Boneset, Licorice, Hyssop, and Codonopsis.

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The herbalist recommended using boneset for treating colds and fevers.
In traditional medicine, boneset was often used to relieve symptoms of the flu.

Synonyms

common comfrey

vsboneset

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A plant that lives for many years with bell-shaped white, pink, or purple flowers and often spreads like a weed

is focused on species used in traditional medicine rather than just appearance

Symphytum officinale

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Specialized

9.9

A plant that lives for many years with small white, pink, or purple flowers, often called comfrey

is defined by its use in traditional medicine rather than by name or appearance

Compounds

climbing boneset

9.9

A tropical plant with vanilla-scented flowers that climbs trees

purple boneset

Specialized

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A North American flowering herb with leaves in rings and small purple spotted flowers

Surface Forms

boneset singular

bonesets plural

Morphology

boneset = bone + set (semi-transparent) = bone + set

Although composed of the clear elements 'bone' + 'set', the specific referent 'an herb used medicinally' is not directly inferable and may be misread as 'a set of bones'.

Etymology

Boneset was also a name given in Europe to similar wild herbs because herbalists used them for bone pain and fevers, so think of bone + set. That's why boneset today names a common medicinal weed used in folk remedies.