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Feverfew

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Noun

HYPHEN

fe=ver=few

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Feverfew has 1 sense

feverfew(n = noun.plant) chrysanthemum parthenium, tanacetum parthenium - bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum;

is a member of genus tanacetum, tanacetum

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Feverfew, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.].

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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Feverfew, n. an aromatic bushy plant, Tenacetum parthenium, with feathery leaves and white daisy-like flowers, formerly used to reduce fever.

Etymology

OE feferfuge f. L febrifuga (as FEBRIFUGE)