pyrethrum

Definitions

1. Any of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium.
   countable, uncountable
2. Anacyclus pyrethrum (pellitory of Spain)
   countable, uncountable
3. Any of several insecticides obtained from these plants; pyrethrin.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A common beverage credited with aphrodisiac virtue was old wine containing the pungent root of the plant⟳ pyrethrum or pellitory.”

“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.”

CEFR level