Definition of Pyrethrums

1. Noun. (plural of pyrethrum) ¹

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Definition of Pyrethrums

1. pyrethrum [n] - See also: pyrethrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrethrums

pyrectics
pyree
pyrena
pyrene
pyrenes
pyrenic
pyrenoid
pyrenoids
pyres
pyrethrin
pyrethrine
pyrethrins
pyrethroid
pyrethroids
pyrethrum
pyrethrums (current term)
pyretic
pyretology
pyretotherapy
pyrexes
pyrexia
pyrexial
pyrexias
pyrexic
pyrgom
pyrheliometer
pyrheliometers
pyrheliometric
pyrheliometry
pyribenzoxim

Literary usage of Pyrethrums

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

1. Handy Book of the Flower-garden by David Thomson (1893)
"pyrethrums—Ij/oot—The hardiness of these, and the great improvement in size and ... List of pyrethrums. Argentine, white, very large. Boule de Neige, white, ..."

2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"pyrethrums—\y2 foot.—The hardiness of these, and the great improvement in size and colour which has been effected in them, make them most useful plants, ..."

3. The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion (1868)
"With his permission, we are authorized to, and do hereby, name his strawberry seedling, No. 13, " The President Wilder." FLORIST pyrethrums. ..."

4. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"... (pyrethrums) THERE is so vast a difference between the little Golden Feather of our garden beds and the huge Japanese Chrysanthemums which grace the ..."

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