Parthenium

See also: parthenium

Translingual

Parthenium hysterophorus (bitterweed)

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.

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