feverfew

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noun

A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.

Similar
bachelor's buttonsTanacetum partheniumChrysanthemum parthenium
OriginMiddle English feverfu ← Old French fevrefue ← Old English feferfuge →
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Meanings

nounfeverfew (countable and uncountable, plural feverfews)

plural feverfews

  1. countableuncountableA European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.

    Synonyms: bachelor's buttons

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.

Similar
bachelor's buttons

More synonyms by meaning

nounbushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Similar
Tanacetum partheniumChrysanthemum parthenium
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
famine weed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinfebrifugia
  2. Old Englishfeferfuge
  3. Old Frenchfevrefue
  4. Middle Englishfeverfu
  5. Englishfeverfew

From Middle English feverfu, feverfeu, feverfugie, modified by folk etymology from either Old French fevrefue or Old English feferfuge, both from Latin febrifugia, from febris (“fever”) + fugō (“to drive away”). Doublet of febrifuge.

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Translations

Ancient Greek παρθένιον
  • παρθένιον (parthénion)Tanacetum parthenium
Arabic زَهْرَة الذَهَب, شَجَرَة مَرْيَم
  • زَهْرَة الذَهَب (zahra aḏ-ḏahab)Tanacetum parthenium
  • شَجَرَة مَرْيَم (šajara maryam)Tanacetum parthenium
Bulgarian моминска вратига
  • моминска вратига (mominska vratiga)Tanacetum parthenium
Catalan segura, botonets
  • seguraTanacetum parthenium
  • botonetsTanacetum parthenium
Dutch moederkruid
  • moederkruidTanacetum parthenium
Finnish reunuspietaryrtti, reunuspäivänkakkara
  • reunuspietaryrttiTanacetum parthenium
  • reunuspäivänkakkaraTanacetum parthenium
French grande camomille
  • grande camomilleTanacetum parthenium
German Mutterkraut, Fieberkraut
  • MutterkrautTanacetum parthenium
  • FieberkrautTanacetum parthenium
  • ZierkamilleTanacetum parthenium
  • Falsche KamilleTanacetum parthenium
Italian partenio
  • partenioTanacetum parthenium
Romanian spilcuță
  • spilcuțăTanacetum parthenium
Spanish matricaria, hierba santa
  • matricariaTanacetum parthenium
  • hierba santaTanacetum parthenium
Swedish mattram
  • mattramTanacetum parthenium
Welsh y wermod wen
  • y wermod wenTanacetum parthenium
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