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tansy

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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  ({T.  vulgare})  has  finely  divided  leaves,  a 
  strong  aromatic  odor,  and  a  very  bitter  taste.  It  is  used 
  for  medicinal  and  culinary  purposes. 
 
  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. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tansy 
  n  :  common  perennial  aromatic  herb  native  to  Eurasia  having 
  buttonlike  yellow  flower  heads  and  bitter-tasting  pinnate 
  leaves  sometimes  used  medicinally  [syn:  {golden  buttons}, 
  {scented  fern},  {Tanacetum  vulgare}]




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