hay-fever

(ha’fé’vér), n. A feverish attack, coming on in the summer, with inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose and eyes, or conjunctivitis, bronchitis, and asthma, and caused by the pollen of various plants, especially of the ragweed. Also called summer fever, summer catarrh, hay-cold, hay-asthma, autumnal catarrh, pollen- Sever, pollen-catarrh, and (early forms) rose-cold and June cold.