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Pyrethrum logo #10101) Buddy to strawberries 2) Buddy plant to strawberries 3) Consort to strawberries 4) Companion to strawberries 5) Consort plant to strawberries 6) Companion for strawberries 7) Crony to strawberries 8) Crony plant to strawberries 9) Found with strawberries 10) Found alongside strawberries 11) Friend to strawberries
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Pyrethrum

Pyrethrum logo #21000 Pyrethrum was a genus of several Old World plants now classified as Chrysanthemum or Tanacetum (e.g., C. coccineum) which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum continues to be used as a common name for plants formerly included in the genus Pyrethrum. Pyrethrum is also the name of a natural insecticide made from the ...
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pyrethrum logo #21003any of certain plant species of the genus Tanacetum, native to southwestern Asia, whose aromatic flower heads, when powdered, constitute the active ... [2 related articles]
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pyrethrum logo #20973<plant biology> A natural insecticide that is extracted from chrysanthemums. It is atoxic, nonvolatile hydrocarbon related to kerosene. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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pyrethrum logo #10444(= pyrethroid) Toxic hydrocarbon, originally from chrysanthemum flowers, that now forms the basis for a wide range of ‘natural` synthetic pyrethroid insecticides.
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pyrethrum logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: pī-rē′thrŭm Definitions: 1. The root of Anacyclus pyrethrum (family Compositae), a shrub native to Morocco; has been used as a sialogogue; its flowers are a source of pyrethrins.
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Pyrethrum

Pyrethrum logo #21217Pyrethrum is a genus of herbaceous composite plants, the distinctive features of which are that the pappus consists of an elevated membranous border, and the achenes are angular but not winged.
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Pyrethrum logo #20400[n] - made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants 2. [n] - white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below 3. [n] - used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
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Pyrethrum logo #20974genus Pyrethrum noun used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
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pyrethrum logo #20974Dalmatia pyrethrum noun white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
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pyrethrum logo #21221Popular name for several cultivated chrysanthemums. The ornamental species C. coccineum, and hybrids derived from it, are commonly grown in gardens. Pyrethrum powder, made from the dried flower heads of some species, is a powerful pesticide for aphids and mosquitoes. (Genus Chrysanthemum, family Compositae.)
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Pyrethrum logo #23353Natural insecticide made from the blossoms of various chrysanthemums.
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Pyrethrum logo #23362Natural insecticide made from the blossoms of various chrysanthemums.
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pyrethrum logo #21199any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental. · any of several chrysanthemums, as C. cinerariifolium, or C. coccineum, cultivated as a source of insecticides. · the dried flower heads of these plants, used chiefly as an ...
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