Feverfew

  • 11feverfew — n. type of perennial flowering plant that can be used medicinally to reduce fever …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12feverfew — [ fi:vəfju:] noun a small bushy aromatic plant of the daisy family, with feathery leaves and daisy like flowers, used as a herbal remedy for headaches. [Tanacetum parthenium.] Origin OE feferfuge, from L. febrifuga, from febris fever + fugare… …

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  • 13feverfew — fe·ver·few …

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  • 14feverfew — fe•ver•few [[t]ˈfi vərˌfyu[/t]] n. pln pha a bushy composite plant, Chrysanthemum parthenium, bearing small white flowers formerly used as a fever remedy • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < AF < LL see febri fuge …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15feverfew — /ˈfivəfju/ (say feevuhfyooh) noun a perennial plant, Chrysanthemum parthenium, bearing small white flowers, formerly used as a febrifuge. {Middle English fevyrfue, Old English feferfug(i)e, from Late Latin febrifugia kind of plant, from Latin… …

  • 16feverfew — 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) …

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  • 17The Feverfew — Infobox musical artist Name = The Feverfew Img capt = Bethany Spiers (top), Jonathon Linaberry (bottom) Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = Instrument = Genre = Folk/Indie Occupation =… …

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  • 18American feverfew — pievinė gvajulė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Astrinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Parthenium integrifolium), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Parthenium integrifolium angl. American feverfew; Missouri snakeroot; prairie dock;… …

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  • 19American feverfew — noun stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns • Syn: ↑wild quinine, ↑prairie dock, ↑Parthenium integrifolium • Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex • …

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  • 20bastard feverfew — noun tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States • Syn: ↑Parthenium hysterophorus • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Parthenium, ↑genus Parthenium * * * …

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