Found 2 hits - Term: tansy mustard, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
tanacetum tanacetum vulgare double tansy tansy mustard sisymbrium canescens
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tansy mustard
n : north american herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves
resembling those of tansy syn: descurainia pinnata
see also:
descurainia pinnata
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Tansy, definition of term: Tansy
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Mustard, definition of term: Mustard
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