FEVERFEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feverfew mean? 

• FEVERFEW (noun)
  The noun FEVERFEW has 1 sense:

1. bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

  Familiarity information: FEVERFEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEVERFEW (noun)

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Meaning:

Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysanthemum parthenium; feverfew; Tanacetum parthenium

Hypernyms ("feverfew" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("feverfew" is a member of...):

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)