Eupatorium, genus Eupatorium
(noun) large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
eupatorium (plural eupatoriums)
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
Source: Wiktionary
Eu`pa*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Eupator, king of Pontus, said to have used it as a medicine.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
