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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.
Group relationships: Genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysanthemum Parthenium
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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