tansy
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- noun
- /ˈtæn.zi/
:
tanaceto
- Within minutes, she spotted the sharply defined leaves that identified the patch of tansy.
Examples
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Eel pie, brie tart... ...tansy cakes with peppermint cream.
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My sprig of tansy is pressed in a book that lies here on my table.
Academic text (2011) -
The smell of tansy through the dark.
Fiction book (2000) -
Satisfied, she walked purposefully toward the tansy in a far corner of the field.
Fiction book (1994) -
She'd been searching for a vegetable stand Lynn Vining in the art department had told her sold the best cabbages and potatoes when she happened upon a huge meadow, all blue with everlasting and tansy.
Fiction book (2001) -
She made a herbal tea infused with tansy for its medicinal properties.
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The garden was filled with tansy, known for its bright yellow flowers and aromatic scent.
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After identifying the patch of tansy, the herbalist collected some leaves to use in her remedies.
Synonyms
A garden herb that lives for many years with small yellow button flowers, bitter leaves, and a strong smell
A small plant with round yellow flowers and a strong smell used as a medicine
Compounds
A very hairy plant with flowers that have no outer petals, native to the San Francisco Bay area
A plant that lives for many years with feathery leaves and small yellow flowers in sand dunes
A North American wild plant with bitter, divided leaves and small yellow flowers often found in fields
A common European weed with yellow flowers that is poisonous to cattle if eaten
A plant that lives for several years with small yellow flowers and hairy leaves that grows in mountain areas
A wild North American flower with leaves like a fern and narrow purple petals
How Aromatic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tansy comes from the Latin tanacetum, and one popular story connects that to the Greek athanatos meaning 'immortal', because people long ago used the plant to help preserve food and in traditional remedies. So tansy today names the bitter, yellow-flowered herb known for its strong smell and old medicinal uses.