Noun: feverroot 'fee-vu(r),root
- Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
"Feverroot was once believed to cure fevers";
- horse gentian, tinker's root, wild coffee, Triosteum perfoliatum
Derived forms: feverroots
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Triostium, Triosteum
Encyclopedia: Feverroot