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alecost |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alecost \Ale"cost`\, n. [Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf {Costmary}.] (Bot.) The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Costmary \Cost"ma*ry\ (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. ???, cf Ar kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf {Alecost}.] (Bot.) A garden plant ({Chrysanthemum Balsamita}) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also {alecost}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: alecost n : 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}, {bible leaf}, {mint geranium}, {balsam herb}, {Tanacetum balsamita}, {Chrysanthemum balsamita}]
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