Definition of Dalmatian pyrethrum

1. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dalmatian Pyrethrum

Dali
Dalian
Daliesque
Dalit
Dalits
Dall's sheep
Dall sheep
Dallas
Dallon
Dalmane
Dalmatia
Dalmatia pyrethrum
Dalmatian
Dalmatian iris
Dalmatian laburnum
Dalmatian pyrethrum
Dalmatians
Dalmation
Dalrymple
Dalrymple's sign
Dalton
Dalton's law
Dalton's law of partial pressures
Dalton-Henry law
Dalton Trumbo
Daltonian
Daltonism
Daly
Dam methyltransferase
Dam unit

Literary usage of Dalmatian pyrethrum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gleanings from French Gardens: Comprising an Account of Such Features of by William Robinson (1869)
"Next we have the chief species and varieties of Onion, such plants as Urtica utilis, the dalmatian pyrethrum rigidum, and in a word almost everything likely ..."

2. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1889)
"The dalmatian pyrethrum is greatly appreciated, and when its crop is scarce the Caucasian flowers are eagerly sought for, and their price increases by from ..."

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