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feverfew
[ fee-ver-fyoo ]
noun
- a bushy composite plant, Chrysanthemum parthenium, bearing small white flowers, formerly used as a remedy for fever and headache.
feverfew
/ ˈfiːvəˌfjuː /
noun
- a bushy European strong-scented perennial plant, Tanacetum parthenium , with white flower heads, formerly used medicinally: family Asteraceae (composites)
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feverfew1
Old English feferfuge , from Late Latin febrifugia , from Latin febris fever + fugāre to put to flight
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Example Sentences
They sat down on the sour stony land among the rag-wort and teazles and feverfew.
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When she comes out of her bath, give her an ounce of syrup of feverfew with a drachm of dog's tooth (mithridate).
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If she be of full habit of body open a vein, after preparing her with syrup of betony, calamint, hyssop and feverfew.
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Pellitory, pel′i-tor-i, n. a genus of plants found most commonly on old walls and heaps of rubbish: the feverfew.
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Feverfew is said to be "good for such as be melancholike, sad, pensive, and without speech."
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