Febrifuge
101Khaya — Kha ya, n. (Bot.) A lofty West African tree ({Khaya Senegalensis}), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge. [1913 Webster] …
102Khaya Senegalensis — Khaya Kha ya, n. (Bot.) A lofty West African tree ({Khaya Senegalensis}), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge. [1913 Webster] …
103Loxopterygium Lorentzii — Quebracho Que*bra cho, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree ({Aspidosperma Quebracho}); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn[oe]a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; called also {white quebracho}, to distinguish it… …
104Nectandra Rodioei — Bebeerine Be*bee rine, or Bebirine Be*bi rine (b[ e]*b[=e] r[i^]n or r[=e]n), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or green heart of Guiana ({Nectandra Rodi[oe]i}). It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in… …
105Ophelic — O*phel ic, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant ({Ophelia}) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic. [1913 Webster] …
106Phillyrin — Phil ly*rin, n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge. [1913 Webster] …
107Pyrethrum Parthenium — Feverfew Fe ver*few (f[=e] v[ e]r*f[=u]), n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See {fever}, {Fugitive}, and cf. {Febrifuge}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Pyrethrum Parthenium}, or {Chrysanthemum Parthenium}) allied to camomile, having finely… …
108Quebracho — Que*bra cho, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree ({Aspidosperma Quebracho}); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn[oe]a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; called also {white quebracho}, to distinguish it from the… …
109quinia — Quinine Qui nine, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. {Kinic}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. {Cinchona Calisaya}) as a bitter …
110Quinidine — Quin i*dine, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also… …