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boneset

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

How To Use boneset In A Sentence

  • The boneset, comfrey, and cherry bark were steeping in a small pan of hot water set by the fire. Sick Cycle Carousel
  • Sedges, bluejoint grass, boneset, and swamp milkweed dominate the community.
  • This is the classic version; clinically Michael has developed his own preferred version, which adds a number of Western herbs, including elecampane, echinacea, boneset, isatis, and horehound. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
  • Because of this it may be a good idea to avoid using herbs such as conifrey, borage, senecio, coltsfoot, boneset, and petasites during pregnancy and for infants and young children. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
  • She bows her old head to a voice that speaks to her loudly, her bonesetter, her medicineman: me she slights. Ulysses
  • I remembered the names of boneset and snakeroot, both in bloom right now, and knew them one from the other, and maybe because of that I found this other road, and wandered quite away from everything. Ears full of falling
  • Common species include Virginia mountain mint, perfoliate boneset, and New England aster.
  • While taking one of our walks, we spotted this small patch of boneset growing on the side of the road.
  • But the fortune-teller had a sister-in-law who lived near the bonesetter, and she knew better. The Bonesetter's Daughter
  • The bonesetter had to give Chang's matchmaker an awkward answer: "I'm sorry," he said, "but my daughter cried herself sick, unable to bear the thought of leaving her worthless father. The Bonesetter's Daughter
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