Parthenium

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

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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.