tanacetum
English Thesaurus
1. a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | asterid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, chrysanthemum balsamita, costmary, mint geranium, tanacetum balsamita, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | camphor dune tansy, tanacetum camphoratum, |
| definition | : | densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chrysanthemum coccineum, painted daisy, pyrethrum, tanacetum coccineum, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, dalmatia pyrethrum, dalmatian pyrethrum, pyrethrum, tanacetum cinerariifolium, |
| definition | : | white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | northern dune tansy, tanacetum douglasii, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chrysanthemum parthenium, feverfew, tanacetum parthenium, |
| definition | : | bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, dusty miller, silver lace, silver-lace, tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, |
| definition | : | shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | golden buttons, scented fern, tanacetum vulgare, tansy, |
| definition | : | common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae, |
| definition | : | plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia (noun.plant) |
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