feverfew的词源

英文词源

feverfew (n.)

Old English feferfuge, from Late Latin febrifugia, from Latin febris "fever" + fugare "put to flight" (see febrifuge). So called for its medical usage. The modern English word probably is reborrowed from an Anglo-French source.

中文词源

feverfew：小白菊

来自febrifuge拼写变体，退烧药，因小白菊类似的药用功效而得名。

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