Definition of Pyrethrin

1. n. A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.

Definition of Pyrethrin

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum plant; unusual in having a cyclopropane ring. ¹

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Definition of Pyrethrin

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrethrin

pyrazolopyrimidines
pyrazolyl
pyrazoxyfen
pyrazyl
pyre
pyrectic
pyrectics
pyree
pyrena
pyrene
pyrenes
pyrenic
pyrenoid
pyrenoids
pyres
pyrethrin (current term)
pyrethrine
pyrethrins
pyrethroid
pyrethroids
pyrethrum
pyrethrums
pyretic
pyretology
pyretotherapy
pyrexes
pyrexia
pyrexial
pyrexias
pyrexic

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