eupatorium
eupatorium Lexical Profile
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• noun
Any plant of the genus Eupatorium in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native primarily to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by opposite leaves and dense, flat-topped clusters of small tubular flowers.
"The gardener planted a border of pink eupatorium to attract late-summer butterflies and pollinators."
A traditional herbal medicine or bitter extract derived from the leaves and flowering tops of certain plants in the Eupatorium genus, historically used as a diaphoretic or fever-reducing agent.
"Nineteenth-century herbalists often prescribed a hot infusion of eupatorium to treat severe colds and break mild fevers."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Latin 'eupatorium', derived from Greek 'eupatōrion'. It was named after Mithridates Eupator, a first-century BCE king of Pontus who supposedly discovered that a species of the plant could be used as an antidote to poison.
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