AGUEWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agueweed mean? 

• AGUEWEED (noun)
  The noun AGUEWEED has 2 senses:

1. gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers

2. perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine

  Familiarity information: AGUEWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGUEWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ague weed; agueweed; five-flowered gentian; Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian

Hypernyms ("agueweed" is a kind of...):

gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)

Holonyms ("agueweed" is a member of...):

Gentianella; genus Gentianella (genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

agueweed; boneset; Eupatorium perfoliatum; thoroughwort

Hypernyms ("agueweed" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("agueweed" is a member of...):

Eupatorium; genus Eupatorium (large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers)