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Definition: Feverfew |
FeverfewNoun1. Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\, noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression feferfuge, from the Latin expression febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and compare to Febrifuge.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Aromatic perennial Tanacetum parthenium used to treat migraines, arthritis, and as a febrifuge. It contains tannins, volatile oils (oils, essential), and sesquiterpene lactones, especially parthenolide. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FeverfewSynonyms: Chrysanthemum parthenium (n), Tanacetum parthenium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Feverfew |
| English words defined with "feverfew": American feverfew ♦ bastard feverfew ♦ Feather-few/ ♦ Pyrethrin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "feverfew": Pyrethrin. (references) |
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| "Feverfew" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Feverfew" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "feverfew": american feverfew ♦ bastard feverfew. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
feverfew | 194 |
feverfew migraines | 8 |
feverfew plant | 5 |
feverfew herb | 5 |
picture of feverfew | 4 |
side effects of feverfew | 3 |
feverfew leaf | 2 |
feverfew flower | 2 |
feverfew migraine | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "feverfew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | okseøje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | moederkruid, boerenwormkruid (panicum-like grasses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | reinfann. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | reunuspäivänkakkara. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grande camomille. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mutterkraut-Wucherblume, Mutterkraut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βάλσαμο (balm, balsam, oleoresin, perforated St.John's wort), χρυσάνθεμο το παρθένιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בן חרצית. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | õszi margitvirág. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | matricale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lus y chiassagh, bossan Pheddyr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | everfewfay estou com febre. (various references) пиретрум девичий. (various references) hrizantema (chrysanthemum). (various references) magarza, hierba sarracena, hierba de Santa María, hierba de San Antonio, camamilla, botón de plata, atanasia, arrugas (corrugation). (various references) mattram. (various references) ไม้พุ่มจำพวก Chrysanthemum parthenium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Chrysanthemum parthenium Bernh., febris, Matricaria parthenium L.. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "feverfew": feverfews. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "feverfew" (pronounced 'Fe"ver*few'): Curfew, few. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-f-r-v-w" | |
-2 letters: weever. | |
-3 letters: fever, fewer, reeve. | |
-4 letters: ever, ewer, fere, free, reef, veer, weer, were. | |
-5 letters: eff, ere, eve, ewe, fee, fer, few, ree, ref, rev, vee, wee. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-f-r-v-w" | |
+1 letter: feverfews. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 65 76 65 72 66 65 77 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . ...- . .-. ..-. . .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100110 01100101 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e v e r f e w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 0076 0065 0072 0066 0065 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4071887184727189 |
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