Feverfew

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  feverfew
       n : bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of
           buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally
           for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus
           Chrysanthemum [syn: {Tanacetum parthenium}, {Chrysanthemum
           parthenium}]