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vərˌfyu noun
a bushy composite plant, Chrysanthemum parthenium, bearing small white flowers, formerly used as a remedy for fever and headache.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French *feverfue (replacing early Middle English fever fugie, Old English feferfuge) < Late Latin febrifugia. See febrifuge
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French *feverfue (replacing early Middle English fever fugie, Old English feferfuge) < Late Latin febrifugia. See febrifuge
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| —n | |
| a bushy European strong-scented perennial plant, Tanacetum parthenium, with white flower heads, formerly used medicinally: family Asteraceae (composites) | |
| [Old English feferfuge, from Late Latin febrifugia, from Latin febris fever + fugāre to put to flight] | |
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feverfew
O.E. feferfuge, from L.L. febrifugia, from L. febris "fever" + fugare "put to flight;" so called for its medical usage.
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