Definition of Parthenium integrifolium

1. Noun. Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns.

Exact synonyms: American Feverfew, Prairie Dock, Wild Quinine
Group relationships: Genus Parthenium, Parthenium
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parthenium Integrifolium

Parseeism
Parsees
Parsi
Parsiism
Parsis
Parsism
Parsonage-Turner syndrome
Parsons
Parsons table
Parsonsian
Partav
Parthenic
Parthenium
Parthenium argentatum
Parthenium hysterophorus
Parthenium integrifolium
Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Parthenon
Parthenope
Parthenos
Parthia
Parthian
Parthians
Parti Quebecois
Particular Baptist
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Party of God

Literary usage of Parthenium integrifolium

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

1. Western Lancet: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery (1853)
"parthenium integrifolium.—Dr. Mason Houlton has lately employed the parthenium integrifolium, prairie dock, with perfect success in intermitting fever. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"parthenium integrifolium L. American Fever-few. Prairie Dock. Fig. 4433. P. integrifolium L. Sp. PI. 988. 1753. short hairs, or glabrous below, ..."

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