Parthenium
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Parthenium hysterophorus (bitterweed)
See also: parthenium
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παρθένιον (parthénion, “feverfew”).
Proper noun
Parthenium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – shrubs of the western Americas, some called feverfews.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Ambrosiinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Parthenium hysterophorus (bitterweed) - type species
References
Parthenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Parthenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Parthenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Parthenium at The Plant List
English
Proper noun
Parthenium
- A mountain on the border of Arcadia and Argolis, in the Peloponnese, Greece.
- (historical) A town of ancient Mysia near ancient Pergamum.