Definition of Parthenium
: a small genus of North American woody herbs (family Compositae) having small heads of rayed flowers in a terminal panicle — see bastard feverfew, guayule
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Origin and Etymology of parthenium
New Latin, from Greek parthenion feverfew, from neuter of parthenios maidenly, from parthenos maiden, virgin
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