feverfew
a bushy composite plant, Chrysanthemum parthenium, bearing small white flowers, formerly used as a remedy for fever and headache.
Origin of feverfew
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How to use feverfew in a sentence
They sat down on the sour stony land among the rag-wort and teazles and feverfew.
Plashers Mead | Compton MackenzieWhen she comes out of her bath, give her an ounce of syrup of feverfew with a drachm of dog's tooth (mithridate).
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousIf she be of full habit of body open a vein, after preparing her with syrup of betony, calamint, hyssop and feverfew.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousPellitory, pel′i-tor-i, n. a genus of plants found most commonly on old walls and heaps of rubbish: the feverfew.
feverfew is said to be "good for such as be melancholike, sad, pensive, and without speech."
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles | Daniel Hack Tuke
British Dictionary definitions for feverfew
/ (ˈfiːvəˌfjuː) /
a bushy European strong-scented perennial plant, Tanacetum parthenium, with white flower heads, formerly used medicinally: family Asteraceae (composites)
Origin of feverfew
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