feverfew

[ fee-ver-fyoo ]

noun
  1. a bushy composite plant, Chrysanthemum parthenium, bearing small white flowers, formerly used as a remedy for fever and headache.

Origin of feverfew

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French *feverfue (replacing early Middle English fever fugie,Old English feferfuge) <Late Latin febrifugia.See febrifuge

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feverfew

/ (ˈfiːvəˌfjuː) /


noun
  1. a bushy European strong-scented perennial plant, Tanacetum parthenium, with white flower heads, formerly used medicinally: family Asteraceae (composites)

Origin of feverfew

1
Old English feferfuge, from Late Latin febrifugia, from Latin febris fever + fugāre to put to flight

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