[syn: Pyrethrum, genus Pyrethrum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pyrethrum
n 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 [syn: pyrethrum,
Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum
cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium]
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 [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum
coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum]
4: used in former classifications for plants later placed in
genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
[syn: Pyrethrum, genus Pyrethrum]