A common beverage credited with aphrodisiac virtue was old wine containing the pungent root of the plant pyrethrum or pellitory.
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Pyrethrum
//paɪˈɹiθɹəm//
Synonyms for "pyrethrum" (10 found)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
Japanese
1 entries- 除虫菊 noun (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
Kikuyu
1 entries- barĩthiramu noun (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
Middle High German
1 entries- bërtram noun (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
Persian
2 entries- کزطلخون noun (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
- گزترخون noun (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
Swahili
1 entries- pareto noun (any of several plants of the genus Tanacetum)
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We children would re-tell the stories the following day to other children who worked in the fields picking the pyrethrum flowers, tea-leaves or coffee beans of our European and African landlords.
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