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boneset
(bone|set)
Pronunciation:
/ˈbəʊnsɛt/
noun
a North American plant of the daisy family, which bears clusters of small white flowers and is used in herbal medicine.
Eupatorium perfoliatum
, family
Compositae
British
the common comfrey, the ground-up root of which was formerly used as a ‘plaster’ to set broken bones.
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