Tanacetum cinerariifolium n 1: white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: {pyrethrum}, {Dalmatian pyrethrum}, {Dalmatia pyrethrum}, {Tanacetum cinerariifolium}, {Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium}]