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Detailed Synonyms for pyrethrum in English

pyrethrum:

pyrethrum [the ~] noun

  1. the 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 1
    the pyrethrum; the Tanacetum coccineum; the painted daisy; the Chrysanthemum coccineum
    – 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 1
  2. the 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 1
    the pyrethrum; the Dalmatian pyrethrum; the Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium; the Tanacetum cinerariifolium; the Dalmatia 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 1
  3. the pyrethrum
    – made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants 1
    the pyrethrum
    – made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants 1

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Related Definitions for "pyrethrum":

  1. 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 Chrysanthemum1
  2. white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum1
  3. made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants1

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