Word Meanings - FEVERFEW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

• Whitewing
  The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.
• WHITEFACE
  A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
• WHITESLAVER
  A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
• Plantain
  A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa.
• Supposable
  Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.
• Whiteback
  The canvasback.
• Whiteflaw
  A whitlow.
• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Whiterump
  The American black-tailed godwit.
• Dividedly
  Separately; in a divided manner.
• Dividend
  A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among credit
• Whitewood
  The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• WHITEFLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• WHITESLAVING
  The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
• Plantal
  Belonging to plants; as, plantal life.
• Supposal
  The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

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