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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1899

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BENNER-GOWAN, n. The garden feverfew (Pyrethrum).Dmf. 1899 J. Shaw Country Schoolmaster 344:
Benner-gowan. I have heard this name applied to the fever-few of our gardens.

[Benner + Gowan, q.v. Benner is prob. a loan from n.Eng. dial., cf. bennert (Cum.), which derives from bane, poison, and wort, a herb. Bennert or its variants may mean in Eng. dial. the common daisy, sweet violet or any poisonous plant. (See E.D.D. s.v. banewort.)]

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