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feverfew
(encz) | feverfew, n: |
Feverfew
(gcide) | Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r*f[=u]), n. [AS. feferfuge,
fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf.
Febrifuge.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or {Chrysanthemum
Parthenium}) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves
and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal
qualities.
[1913 Webster] |
feverfew
(wn) | feverfew
n 1: bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of
buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally
for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
[syn: feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, {Chrysanthemum
parthenium}] |
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Feverfew
(gcide) | Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r*f[=u]), n. [AS. feferfuge,
fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf.
Febrifuge.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or {Chrysanthemum
Parthenium}) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves
and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal
qualities.
[1913 Webster] |
american feverfew
(wn) | American feverfew
n 1: stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with
whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba
Indians to treat burns [syn: American feverfew, {wild
quinine}, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium] |
bastard feverfew
(wn) | bastard feverfew
n 1: tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of
white flowers; adventive in southern United States [syn:
bastard feverfew, Parthenium hysterophorus] |
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