Definition of Pyrethrum

  • 1. Made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants Noun
  • 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 Noun
  • 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 Noun
  • 4. Used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum Noun

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