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GENUS TANACETUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum
Synonyms:
genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Tanacetum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tanacetum"):
alecost; balsam herb; bible leaf; Chrysanthemum balsamita; costmary; mint geranium; Tanacetum balsamita (tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
camphor dune tansy; Tanacetum camphoratum (densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area)
Chrysanthemum coccineum; painted daisy; pyrethrum; Tanacetum coccineum (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)
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium; Dalmatia pyrethrum; Dalmatian pyrethrum; pyrethrum; Tanacetum cinerariifolium (white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
northern dune tansy; Tanacetum douglasii (lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America)
Chrysanthemum parthenium; feverfew; Tanacetum parthenium (bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum; dusty miller; silver-lace; silver lace; Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum (shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
golden buttons; scented fern; Tanacetum vulgare; tansy (common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally)
Holonyms ("genus Tanacetum" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
