n 1  cap  :  a large genus of chiefly tropical herbs (family Compositae) having heads of white or purplish flowers and including several (as boneset) that have been used medicinally  2  :  any plant of the genus Eupatorium .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ep·i·derm 
 
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