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hayfever

hayfever is the alternative spelling of hay fever.

Meaning of hay fever

Noun

hay fever (usually uncountable, plural hay fevers)

  1. (usually) An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.
    Synonyms:
    allergic rhinitis, hay asthma, hay cold, pollinosis, rose fever

Origin of hayfever

From hay + fever.

Questions about hayfever

What is hayfever the alternative spelling of?
Hayfever is the alternative spelling of hay fever.

Words near hayfever in the dictionary

  1. Hayes Gap
  2. Hayes Valley
  3. Hayeses
  4. Hayesville
  5. hayey
  6. hayfever
  7. Hayffie
  8. hayfield
  9. hayfields
  10. Hayflick limit
  11. Hayflick limits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hayfever (page history and authors); hay fever (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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