'Feverfew' definitions:
Definition of 'feverfew'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Feverfew'
From: 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]