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Defenition of the word pyrethrum

    • Defenition of the word 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
      • made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
      • white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
      • used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum

    Synonyms for the word pyrethrum

      • Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
      • Chrysanthemum coccineum
      • Dalmatia pyrethrum
      • Dalmatian pyrethrum
      • genus Pyrethrum
      • painted daisy
      • Pyrethrum
      • Tanacetum cinerariifolium
      • Tanacetum coccineum

    Meronymys for the word pyrethrum

      • aster family
      • Asteraceae
      • Compositae
      • family Asteraceae
      • family Compositae
      • genus Tanacetum
      • Tanacetum

    Hypernyms for the word pyrethrum

      • asterid dicot genus
      • flower
      • herb
      • herbaceous plant
      • insect powder
      • insecticide

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