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tanacetum
(wn) | Tanacetum
n 1: a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums;
comprises some plants often included in other genera
especially genus Chrysanthemum [syn: Tanacetum, {genus
Tanacetum}] |
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Tanacetum vulgare
(gcide) | Tansy \Tan"sy\, n. [OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp.
tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr.
'aqanasi`a immortality, fr. 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. +
qa`natos death.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum. The
common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) has finely divided
leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste.
It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
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2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs,
sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked
with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.] --Pepys.
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Double tansy (Bot.), a variety of the common tansy with the
leaves more dissected than usual.
Tansy mustard (Bot.), a plant (Sisymbrium canescens) of
the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.
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genus tanacetum
(wn) | genus Tanacetum
n 1: a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums;
comprises some plants often included in other genera
especially genus Chrysanthemum [syn: Tanacetum, {genus
Tanacetum}] |
tanacetum balsamita
(wn) | Tanacetum balsamita
n 1: tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike
yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and
sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes
placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: costmary, alecost,
bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, {Tanacetum
balsamita}, Chrysanthemum balsamita] |
tanacetum camphoratum
(wn) | Tanacetum camphoratum
n 1: densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay
area [syn: camphor dune tansy, Tanacetum camphoratum] |
tanacetum cinerariifolium
(wn) | 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}] |
tanacetum coccineum
(wn) | Tanacetum coccineum
n 1: 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 [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum,
Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum] |
tanacetum douglasii
(wn) | Tanacetum douglasii
n 1: lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic
feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small
buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of
North America [syn: northern dune tansy, {Tanacetum
douglasii}] |
tanacetum parthenium
(wn) | Tanacetum parthenium
n 1: bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of
buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally
for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
[syn: feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, {Chrysanthemum
parthenium}] |
tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
(wn) | Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
n 1: shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white
flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike
down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: {dusty
miller}, silver-lace, silver lace, {Tanacetum
ptarmiciflorum}, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum] |
tanacetum vulgare
(wn) | Tanacetum vulgare
n 1: common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having
buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate
leaves sometimes used medicinally [syn: tansy, {golden
buttons}, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare] |
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