noun
- plural of boneset; North American plants of the aster family with white flowers, traditionally used in herbal medicine
Usage: botanical; herbal medicine
Examples
- The herbalist gathered bonesets from the meadow for making tea.
- Bonesets were commonly used by Native Americans to treat fevers.
- Several species of bonesets grow wild in wetland areas.
- The garden featured native bonesets alongside other medicinal plants.
- Traditional healers valued bonesets for their supposed healing properties.
- Bonesets bloom in late summer with clusters of small white flowers.