pyrethrum
See also: Pyrethrum
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English pyretre, from (and later reformed after) Latin pyrethrum (in Pliny), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpyrethrum (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
editany of several plants of the genus Tanacetum
References
edit- pyrethrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tanacetum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tanacetum cinerariifolium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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