TANACETUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tanacetum mean? 

• TANACETUM (noun)
  The noun TANACETUM has 1 sense:

1. a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum

  Familiarity information: TANACETUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TANACETUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum

Hypernyms ("Tanacetum" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Tanacetum"):

alecost; balsam herb; bible leaf; Chrysanthemum balsamita; costmary; mint geranium; Tanacetum balsamita (tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)

camphor dune tansy; Tanacetum camphoratum (densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area)

Chrysanthemum coccineum; painted daisy; pyrethrum; Tanacetum coccineum (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)

Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium; Dalmatia pyrethrum; Dalmatian pyrethrum; pyrethrum; Tanacetum cinerariifolium (white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)

northern dune tansy; Tanacetum douglasii (lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America)

Chrysanthemum parthenium; feverfew; Tanacetum parthenium (bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; dusty miller; silver-lace; silver lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum (shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)

golden buttons; scented fern; Tanacetum vulgare; tansy (common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally)

Holonyms ("Tanacetum" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)