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Definition of Feverwort
1. n. See Fever root, under Fever.
Definition of Feverwort
1. Noun. A plant of the genus ''Centaurium''. ¹
2. Noun. A plant of the genus ''Triosteum''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feverwort
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feverwort
Literary usage of Feverwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Second Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Middle and Southern by Richard Owen (1860)
"feverwort. Horse Gentian. T. perfoliatum, L.,* . " . Limestone, . Prairies and
rocky banks ... The root of the feverwort or Horse-Gentian is also purgative, ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"A little beyond is the single bed of the honeysuckle family, represented by the
feverwort and the narrow-leaved feverwort; this family being largely ..."
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