fever twig (fever twig)

The staff-vine, Celastrus scandens, the bark of which is used in domestic practice as an alterative, diuretic, etc. See cut under bittersweet. feverweed (fē'ver-wed), n. The Eryngium fæ tidum of the West Indies. feverwort (fē'vėr-wėrt), n. Same as feverroot. feveryt (fe'vér-i), a. [ fected with fever; feverish. O Rome, in what a sickne art thou fallen! How dangerous and deadly, when thy head Is drowned in sleep, and all thy body fevery ! B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 5.