feverfew

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feverfew - 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]

feverfew - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]