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Parthenium

noun

small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Parthenium

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms:

↑guayule, ↑Parthenium argentatum, ↑bastard feverfew, ↑Parthenium hysterophorus, ↑American feverfew, ↑wild quinine, ↑prairie dock, ↑Parthenium integrifolium

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\\pärˈthēnēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek parthenion feverfew, from neuter of parthenios maidenly, from parthenos maiden, virgin

: a small genus of No. American woody herbs (family Compositae) having small heads of rayed flowers in a terminal panicle — see bastard feverfew, guayule

Useful english dictionary. 2012.