HyperDic: feverroot

English > 1 sense of the word *feverroot*:
NOUN	plant	feverroot, horse gentian, tinker's root, wild coffee, Triostium perfoliatum	coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers

English > *feverroot*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers.
Synonyms	horse gentian, tinker's root, wild coffee, Triostium perfoliatum
Member of	Triostium, genus Triostium	genus of Asiatic and North American herbs
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem