Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A caprifoliaceous herb of the United States, Triosteum perfoliatum, said to have been used by the Indians as a remedy for fevers. The root is purgative and emetic. Also feverwort and horse-gentian.
WordNet 3.0
- n. coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
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“Halla half turned and warned, "There's no more feverroot.”
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gentian and bitters
bottled and uncorked
quassia, gentianine, gentiopikrin, ophelic, closed gentian, fringed gentian, felwort, bottle gentian, pink gin, calathian violet, deer's-ears, feverroot and 87 more...
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