Definition of Pyrethrum

Noun

  • used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
    - genus 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
    - painted daisy - tanacetum coccineum - chrysanthemum coccineum
  • white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below
    source of an insecticide
    sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    - dalmatian pyrethrum - dalmatia pyrethrum - tanacetum cinerariifolium - chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
  • made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
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