pyrethrum
See also: Pyrethrum
English edit
Etymology edit
Old English pyretre, from (and later reformed after) Latin pyrethrum (in Pliny), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyrethrum (countable and uncountable, plural pyrethrums)
- Any of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium. [from 10th c.]
- 1986, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Decolonising the Mind, Heinemann, published 2005, page 10:
- We children would re-tell the stories the following day to other children who worked in the fields picking the pyrethrum flowers, tea-leaves or coffee beans of our European and African landlords.
- Anacyclus pyrethrum (pellitory of Spain)
- (organic chemistry) Any of several insecticides obtained from these plants; pyrethrin.
Translations edit
any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum
References edit
- pyrethrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tanacetum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tanacetum cinerariifolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies