[prob. f. BONE + SET v., in allusion to reputed medicinal virtues.] † a. The common Comfrey, Symphytum officinale. Obs. rare.
b. The popular name of a North American plant, Eupatorium perfoliatum, valued for its medicinal properties; thorough-wort. Also attrib.
1670. Ray, Catal. Plant. Angliæ, in Britten, Plant-n., s.v., Fracturas ossium consolidat, unde et Anglice à nonnullis Boneset dicitur.
1830. Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 199. Eupatorium perfoliatum is known in North America under the name of Boneset.
1866. Mrs. Stowe, Lit. Foxes, 51. Go into the kitchen and make yourself some good boneset tea.
