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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Feverfoylie, n. [Alteration of e.m.E. fever-, ME. fevyrfew (a 1425). In later dialect as fever- and featherfoulie.] The feverfew. —a1646 Wedderburn Voc. 18 (J).
Matricaria, feverfoylie