noun
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, ↑Chrysanthemum balsamita
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tanacetum, ↑genus Tanacetum
• Part Meronyms: ↑costmary
Useful english dictionary. 2012.