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feverroot

feverroot

9.9
A rough wild American plant with large leaves that meet around the stem and purple or dull red flowers
  • noun
  • US
: raíz de fiebre
  • The distinctive purple flowers of the feverroot attracted a variety of pollinators in spring.

Examples

  • The leaves of the feverroot plant are large and usually perfoliate.

  • Clusters of feverroot grew wild along the edge of the marshy field.

  • The traditional healer brewed a tea from feverroot to help treat colds and fevers.

  • The feverroot plant can grow up to three feet tall.

  • I found some feverroot in the garden yesterday.

  • Clusters of feverroot grew wild along the edge of the marshy field.

  • The distinctive purple flowers of the feverroot attracted a variety of pollinators in spring.

Synonyms

wild coffee
vsfeverroot
  • US
1 8.8

A rough leafy plant with purple or red flowers and small red berries

is the usual name used broadly rather than this alternate
Triostium perfoliatum
vsfeverroot
  • Specialized
9.9

A coarse American wild herb with large leaves that wrap the stem and purple or dull red flowers

is the everyday common name rather than the scientific label
tinker's root
vsfeverroot
  • US
9.9

A rough wild plant from eastern North America with large leaves and purple or dull red flowers

is the principal common name rather than this alternative
horse gentian
vsfeverroot
  • US
9.9

A rough wild plant from America with large leaves and purple or red flowers

is the main name used in general references instead of this one

Surface Forms

feverroot singular
feverroots plural

Morphology

feverroot = fever + root (transparent) = fever + root

The compound is directly built from 'fever' + 'root' and denotes a plant/root associated with fevers, so the meaning is inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Feverroot combines fever and root. People once made a tea from the plant's root to help treat 'fever', so the name helps you remember it is a plant used as medicine.