Tanacetum parthenium, parthenium
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Feverfew (Wiktionary)
English
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.
Noun
feverfew (countable and uncountable, plural feverfews)
- A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium
