pyrethrum

Meaning

noun

1. made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
2. white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
3. 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
4. used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum

Synonyms for pyrethrum

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