pyrethrum
Definitions
Noun
- Made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
- White-flowered pyrethrum of balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus chrysanthemum
- 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
- Used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus chrysanthemum and now often included in genus tanacetum
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Spelled Like
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| 1 | spectrum | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | rostrum | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | petroleum | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | prometheus | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | urethra | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | reuther | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | preterm | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | promethium | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | petru | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | spectrums | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | rectum | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | petrus | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | partum | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | spectrum's | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pythagorus | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | drive-thru | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | yttrium | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | westrum | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | thorium | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | ruether | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | roether | 2 | 0 |
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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