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Noun: wild quinine
  1. Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
    - American feverfew, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium

Derived forms: wild quinines

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Parthenium, Parthenium

Encyclopedia: Wild quinine