FEVERFEW

feverfew. Feverfew, n. a plant, wild wormwood

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Fe″ver‐few (–fū), 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.