NOUN | plant | prairie dock, American feverfew, wild quinine, Parthenium integrifolium | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers |
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Meaning | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns. | |
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Synonyms | American feverfew, wild quinine, Parthenium integrifolium | |
Member of | Parthenium, genus Parthenium | small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers |
Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
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