Definition of Chrysanthemum parthenium

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

Exact synonyms: Feverfew, Tanacetum Parthenium
Group relationships: Genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysanthemum Parthenium

Chronoperates paradoxus
Chronos
Chronus
Chrysanthemum Throne
Chrysanthemum balsamita
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
Chrysanthemum coccineum
Chrysanthemum coronarium
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum
Chrysanthemum frutescens
Chrysanthemum lacustre
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Chrysanthemum maximum
Chrysanthemum maximum maximum
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Chrysanthemum parthenium (current term)
Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
Chrysanthemum segetum
Chrysaora
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Chrysemys
Chrysemys picta
Chrysippan
Chrysler
Chryslers
Chrysobalanus
Chrysobalanus icaco
Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloris
Chrysolepis

Literary usage of Chrysanthemum parthenium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scientific Lectures by John Lubbock (1890)
"Floret of Chrysanthemum parthenium, just opened. FIG. ... Let us take, for instance, the Common Feverfew, or large white Daisy (Chrysanthemum parthenium, ..."

2. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"(L. fibris, a fever ; fugo, to drive away.) A name for the Chrysanthemum parthenium, motherwort, common fever-few, or febrifuge. ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"Chrysanthemum parthenium (Pers.), the Matricaria Parthenium (L.), and the Pyrethrum Parthenium (Smith). 1st. ..."

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