noun
- a plant of the genus Eryngium or a related plant, traditionally used in herbal medicine to treat fevers and other ailments
Usage: chiefly historical or folk medicine; also called eryngo or sea holly in some contexts
Examples
- The herbalist recommended feverroot tea for reducing the patient's high temperature.
- Feverroot was a common remedy in colonial America before modern medicine became widespread.
- She gathered feverroot from the garden to prepare a traditional healing infusion.
- The old apothecary kept dried feverroot in glass jars on the shelf.