feverwort

fe·ver·wort

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fee-ver-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈfi vərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
- /fˈiːvəwˌɔːt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fee-ver-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈfi vərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/

Definitions of feverwort word

noun feverwort horse gentian. 1
noun feverwort the thoroughwort or boneset. 1
noun feverwort A plant of the genus Centaurium. 1
noun feverwort any of several plants considered to have medicinal properties, such as horse gentian and boneset 0
noun feverwort horse gentian 0
noun feverwort A plant of the genus Triosteum. 0

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Origin of feverwort

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15; fever + wort2

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Parts of speech for Feverwort

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

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feverwort popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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