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Pyrethrin
- - A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.
Pyrethrum
- noun - made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
- spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
- used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
- white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Pyroboric
- - Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid.
Pyrularia
- noun - small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs
Quagmires
- noun - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- swamp
Quartered
- verb - divide by four; divide into quarters
- divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
- provide housing for (military personnel)
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
Quarterly
- adjective - a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; "two coats of arms borne quarterly"
- in three month intervals; "interest is compounded quarterly"
- of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report"
Quarterns
- noun - one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
Quarteron
- - A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.
Racecards
- noun - a program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses