English Explanatory Dictionary

thoroughwort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium.
  2. Common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).

Word forms

thoroughwort thoroughworts

Etymology

From thorough (“through”) + wort: the leaf bases are joined, so it looks like the stem is growing through a single leaf.

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