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DALMATIA PYRETHRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dalmatia pyrethrum mean? 

DALMATIA PYRETHRUM (noun)
  The noun DALMATIA PYRETHRUM has 1 sense:

1. white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemumplay

  Familiarity information: DALMATIA PYRETHRUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DALMATIA PYRETHRUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

White-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium; Dalmatia pyrethrum; Dalmatian pyrethrum; pyrethrum; Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Hypernyms ("Dalmatia pyrethrum" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Dalmatia pyrethrum" is a member of...):

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)


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