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pyrethrums

pyrethrums is the plural of pyrethrum.

Meaning of pyrethrum

Noun

pyrethrum (countable and uncountable, plural pyrethrums)

  1. Any of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium.
    • A common beverage credited with aphrodisiac virtue was old wine containing the pungent root of the plant pyrethrum or pellitory.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 250
  2. Anacyclus pyrethrum (pellitory of Spain)
  3. Any of several insecticides obtained from these plants; pyrethrin.

Questions about pyrethrums

What is pyrethrums the plural of?
Pyrethrums is the plural of pyrethrum.

Words near pyrethrums in the dictionary

  1. pyrethrins
  2. pyrethroid
  3. pyrethroids
  4. pyrethrozine
  5. pyrethrum
  6. pyrethrums
  7. pyretic
  8. pyretics
  9. pyretogenesis
  10. pyretogenetic
  11. pyretogenic

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