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[syn: feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, Chrysanthemum parthenium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]