"feverfew" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: feverfews [plural]
Etymology: 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 (“I drive away”). Doublet of febrifuge. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feverfu}} Middle English feverfu, {{der|en|fro|fevrefue}} Old French fevrefue, {{inh|en|ang|feferfuge}} Old English feferfuge, {{der|en|la|febrifugia}} Latin febrifugia, {{doublet|en|febrifuge}} Doublet of febrifuge Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} feverfew (countable and uncountable, plural feverfews)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: feverfew Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Anthemideae tribe plants, Herbs Synonyms: bachelor's buttons Translations (Tanacetum parthenium): παρθένιον (parthénion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), زَهْرَة الذَهَب (zahra aḏ-ḏahab) [feminine] (Arabic), شَجَرَة مَرْيَم (šajara maryam) [feminine] (Arabic), լվածաղիկ (lvacaġik) (Armenian), моминска вратига (mominska vratiga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), segura [feminine] (Catalan), botonets [masculine, plural] (Catalan), moederkruid [neuter] (Dutch), reunuspietaryrtti (Finnish), reunuspäivänkakkara (Finnish), Mutterkraut [neuter] (German), Fieberkraut [neuter] (German), Zierkamille [neuter] (German), Falsche Kamille [neuter] (German), partenio [masculine] (Italian), spilcuță [feminine] (Romanian), matricaria [feminine] (Spanish), hierba santa [feminine] (Spanish), mattram [common-gender] (Swedish), maresìna [feminine] (Venetan), y wermod wen [feminine] (Welsh)

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