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pyrethrum


pyrethrum - noun

  • made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
  • white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
  • 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
  • used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum

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    Scrabble score for pyrethrum

    p is 3 y is 4 r is 1 e is 1 t is 1 h is 4 r is 1 u is 1 m is 3
    Scrabble score = 19

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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