Pyrethrum
noun
1 pyrethrum
Made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants.
2 pyrethrum
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 pyrethrum
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 Pyrethrum
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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