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noun
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Also called purple boneset. a tall composite weed, Eupatorium purpureum, of North America, having clusters of pinkish or purple flowers.
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Also called spotted joe-pye weed. a related plant, E. maculatum, having similar flowers and stems that are often spotted with purple.
Origin:
1810–20, Americanism; origin uncertain
1810–20, Americanism; origin uncertain
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Joe-pye weed
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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joe-pye weed
1818, said to be so called from the name of an Indian who used it to cure typhus in New England.
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