feverfew

English

The flowers of the feverfew

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English modified by folk etymology from either Old French fevrefue or Old English feferfuge, both from Latin febrifugia, from febris (“fever”) + fugō (“I drive away”).

Noun

feverfew (countable and uncountable, plural feverfews)

1. A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or or ), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.

Synonyms

• bachelor's buttons

Translations

Tanacetum parthenium

• Armenian: լվածաղիկ (lvacaġik)
• Bulgarian: моминска вратига f (mominska vratiga)
• Dutch: moederkruid (nl) n
• German: Mutterkraut (de) n, Fieberkraut n, Zierkamille n, Falsche Kamille (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: παρθένιον n (parthénion)

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• Italian: partenio m
• Spanish: matricaria f, hierba santa f
• Venetian: maresìna f
• Welsh: y wermod wen f

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) “Feverfew”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
• "Feverfew" in Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged