PYRETHRUM

Meaning of PYRETHRUM in English

/ paɪˈriːθrəm; NAmE / noun

[ C ] a type of flower grown especially in Kenya

[ U ] a substance made from this flower and used for killing insects

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

PYRETHRUM — noun Etymology: Latin, pellitory, from Greek pyrethron, from pyr fire Date: circa 1543 any of several chrysanthemums with finely divided …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PYRETHRUM — Any of certain plant species of the genus Chrysanthemum (see chrysanthemum ) native to South Asia, whose aromatic flower heads, …
Английский словарь Британика
PYRETHRUM — pīˈrēthrəm also -reth- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, pellitory, from Greek pyrethron, from pyr fire; from the spicy taste …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRETHRUM — /puy ree"threuhm, -reth"reuhm/ , n. 1. any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PYRETHRUM — n. type of flower, any of several varieties of chrysanthemum
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PYRETHRUM — noun Etymology: Latin, pellitory, from Greek pyrethron, from pyr fire Date: circa 1543 1. : any of several chrysanthemums with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PYRETHRUM — [ pʌɪ'ri:θrəm ] ■ noun 1》 an aromatic plant of the daisy family, typically with feathery foliage and brightly coloured …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PYRETHRUM — [py.re.thrum] n [L, pellitory, fr. Gk pyrethron, fr. pyr fire] (ca. 1543) 1: any of several chrysanthemums with finely divided …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PYRETHRUM — any of certain plant species of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to southwestern Asia, whose aromatic flower heads, when powdered, constitute …
Britannica English vocabulary
PYRETHRUM — pyrethrum BrE AmE paɪ ə ˈriːθ rəm -ˈreθ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PYRETHRUM — n. 1 any of several aromatic chrysanthemums of the genus Tanacetum, esp. T. coccineum. 2 an insecticide made from the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PYRETHRUM — n. 1 any of several aromatic chrysanthemums of the genus Tanacetum, esp. T. coccineum. 2 an insecticide made from the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PYRETHRUM — n.1 any of several aromatic chrysanthemums of the genus Tanacetum, esp. T. coccineum. 2 an insecticide made from the dried …
Oxford English vocab
PYRETHRUM — n. Any of certain plant species of the genus Chrysanthemum (see chrysanthemum ) native to South Asia, whose aromatic flower …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PYRETHRUM — златоцвет, ромашник (ботаника) пиретрум, далматская ромашка (Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium) - * extract пиретрум (порошок инсектицида)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PYRETHRUM — n бот. пиретрум, далматская ромашка ( Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium ) pyrethrum extract - пиретрум ( порошок инсектицида )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PYRETHRUM — златоцвет, ромашник
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PYRETHRUM — (n) далматская ромашка; пиретрум
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PYRETHRUM — n бот. пиретрум, далматская ромашка ( Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium ) ~ extract - пиретрум ( порошок инсектицида )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PYRETHRUM — n бот. пиретрум, далматская ромашка ( Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium ) pyrethrum extract - пиретрум ( порошок инсектицида )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PYRETHRUM — пиретрум (Pyrethrum) - Caucasian pyrethrum - Dalmatian pyrethrum - florists' pyrethrum
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PYRETHRUM — пиретрум ( Pyrethrum ) - Caucasian pyrethrum - Dalmatian pyrethrum - florists' pyrethrum
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PYRETHRUM — златоцвет, ромашник (ботаника) пиретрум, далматская ромашка (Pyrethrum cinerariaefolium) - * extract пиретрум (порошок инсектицида)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PYRETHRUM — n. Pronunciation: p ī - ' r ē -thr ə m, - ' re- Function: noun Etymology: Latin, pellitory, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PYRETHRUM FLOWERS — noun see pyrethrum 2a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRETHRUM EXTRACT — noun see pyrethrum 2b
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PYRETHRIN — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin pyrethrum Date: 1871 either of two oily liquid esters C 21 H 28 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PELLITORY — noun (plural -ries) see: pyrethrum Date: 1528 a southern European composite plant ( Anacyclus pyrethrum ) resembling yarrow, any of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHRYSANTHEMUM — Any of the ornamental plants that make up the genus Chrysanthemum , in the composite family . The genus includes …
Английский словарь Британика
PELLITORY — ˈpeləˌtōrē, -tȯr-, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: alteration of earlier peletyr, from Middle English peletre, modification of Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PELLITORY — noun ( plural -ries ) Etymology: Middle English peletre, pelytory, from Anglo-French peletre, peretre, from Medieval Latin peletrum, piretrum, alteration …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PELLITORY — [pel.li.to.ry] n, pl -ries [ME peletre, fr. MF piretre, fr. L pyrethrum--more at pyrethrum] (1533): a southern European composite plant …
Merriam-Webster English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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