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Definitions for: Feverfew [n] bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Webster (1913) Definition: Fe"ver*few, n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See
fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, or Chrysanthemum, Parthenium)
allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white
blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.
Synonyms: Chrysanthemum parthenium, Tanacetum parthenium
See Also: genus Tanacetum, herb, herbaceous plant, Tanacetum
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