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‖ Eupatorium|juːpəˈtɔərɪəm|
[mod.L., a. Gr. εὐπατόριον, Agrimonia Eupatorium, so called from Mithridates Eupator (Gr. Εὐπάτωρ), king of Pontus, who first used it.]
A genus of the family Compositæ, abundant in America; only one species, E. cannabinum, Hemp Agrimony, being British. Also an individual plant of the same.
[1578Lyte Dodoens i. xxxix. 57 Agrimonie is called..in Latine Eupatorium, and Hepatorium: in shoppes Agrimonia. ] Ibid. i. xl. 59 The male Bastarde Agrimonie, is called in Shoppes Eupatorium.1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 219 September ..Flowers in Prime or yet lasting..Eupatorium of Canada. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece ii. iii. 380 Eupatoriums, Asphodels, Phalangiums. 1863B. Taylor H. Thurston III. 54 Late flowering grasses..and the eupatoriums in the meadows. |