Eupatorium

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Translingual[edit]

Eupatorium cannabinum
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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek εὐπατόριον (eupatórion, agrimony), after Mithridates Eupator (134–63 BC), king of Pontus.

Proper noun[edit]

Eupatorium n

  1. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – bonesets, thoroughworts, and snakeroots.
  2. (sensu lato) A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – all of Eupatorium sensu stricto and more than a dozen of what are now considered separate genera.

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