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English noun: pyrethrum | |||
| 1. | pyrethrum (plant) made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | insect powder, insecticide | ||
| 2. | pyrethrum (plant) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Member meronym | genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum | ||
| 3. | pyrethrum (plant) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flower | ||
| Member meronym | genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum | ||
| 4. | Pyrethrum (plant) used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum | ||
| Synonyms | genus Pyrethrum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | asterid dicot genus | ||
| Member meronym | aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae | ||
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