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feverfew

feverfew

1 9.9
A bushy plant with small white daisy flowers used to make medicine
  • noun
  • /ˈfivərˌfyu/
  • Specialized
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  • Studies suggest that taking feverfew may improve headache symptoms for some individuals.
  • feverfew to prevent migraines
  • feverfew products
  • feverfew is very effective

Inside this envelope there's three different kinds of feverfew, which produce these beautiful little dainty flowers, really good for fillers.

Examples

  • Inside this envelope there's three different kinds of feverfew, which produce these beautiful little dainty flowers, really good for fillers.

  • Feverfew is worth a try too, if you can get the dried herb and make a tea.

    Blog text (10)
  • And a big healing garden: a big patch of feverfew, mustard for plasters.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Feverfew liquorice.

  • We also have feverfew, whipped cream and Willow bark cracker crust.

  • Many people use feverfew to help reduce the frequency of their migraines.

  • In traditional herbal medicine, feverfew is often recommended for its ability to relieve headaches.

Synonyms

Chrysanthemum parthenium
vsfeverfew
  • Specialized
9.1

A small bushy plant with white daisy-like flowers used to make medicine

is the common name rather than the alternate botanical label
Tanacetum parthenium
vsfeverfew
  • Specialized
9.9

A bushy scented herb with small white daisy-like flowers that people use as a medicine

is the everyday name rather than the scientific form

Compounds

A small tropical American weed with white daisy-like flowers that grows quickly

A sturdy plant from eastern North America with white flowers and leaves used to help heal burns

Surface Forms

feverfew singular
feverfews plural

Etymology

Feverfew comes from an old Latin word febrifuga meaning 'to drive away fever', and it shares the same root as fever, because people once used the herb as a medicine to lessen fevers and headaches.