boneset
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
boneset/ˈbəʊnsɛt/
▶noun
- 1 a plant of the daisy family, bearing clusters of small white flowers and used in herbal medicine. [Eupatorium perfoliatum.]
- 2 Brit. the common comfrey, the ground-up root of which was formerly used as a ‘plaster’ to set broken bones.
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