eupatorium

[yoo-puh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-]

eu·pa·to·ri·um

[yoo-puh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-]
noun
any of numerous composite plants of the genus Eupatorium, having flat-topped clusters of flowers and comprising the bonesets or thoroughworts.

Origin:
1570–80; < Neo-Latin < Greek eupatṓrion hemp agrimony, after Eupátōr surname of Mithridates, said to have first used it
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Eupatorium has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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eupatorium (ˌjuːpəˈtɔːrɪəm)
 
n
any plant of the genus Eupatorium, of N temperate regions and tropical America: cultivated for their ornamental clusters of purple, pink, or white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
 
[C16: from New Latin, from Greek eupatorion hemp agrimony, from Eupator surname of Mithridates VI, king of Pontus and traditionally the first to have used it medicinally]

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