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Pyrethrum

noun
1.
Made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants.
2.
White-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum.  Synonyms: Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium.
3.
Spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum.  Synonyms: Chrysanthemum coccineum, painted daisy, Tanacetum coccineum.
4.
Used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum.  Synonym: genus Pyrethrum.



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Words linked to "Pyrethrum" :   insecticide, genus Tanacetum, family Compositae, asterid dicot genus, herbaceous plant, aster family, insect powder, herb, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, Tanacetum, flower, Compositae


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