Found 2 items, similar to Chrysanthemum Parthenium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Chrysanthemum parthenium Chrysanthemum parthenium n : bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chrysanthemum Parthenium Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See Bertram.] (Bot.) (a) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain. (b) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above. [1913 Webster] Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r*f[=u]), n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or Chrysanthemum Parthenium ) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities. [1913 Webster]