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/paɪˈɹiθɹəm/ · noun
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.
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.
Use pyrethrum when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pyrethrum means Any of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium..
Common synonyms include painted daisy, chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, chrysanthemum coccineum, tanacetum cinerariifolium.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A common beverage credited with aphrodisiac virtue was old wine containing the pungent root of the plant pyrethrum or pellitory.
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