Parthenium

See also: parthenium

Translingual

Parthenium hysterophorus (bitterweed)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παρθένιον (parthénion, “feverfew”).

Proper noun

Parthenium n

1. 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

1. A mountain on the border of Arcadia and Argolis, in the Peloponnese, Greece.
2. (historical) A town of ancient Mysia near ancient Pergamum.