tansy
/ˈtanzi
/noun
A plant of the daisy family with yellow flat-topped button-like flower heads and aromatic leaves, formerly used in cooking and medicine.
- Genus Tanacetum, family Compositae: several species, in particular the common Eurasian T. vulgare.
- It is home to hundreds of species of wildflowers and grasses - including the tansy, meadowsweet, poppy, vetch and marigold - a host of butterflies, insects and beetles, and birds of prey such as the owl and kestrel.
- Many herbs can help to deter flies, such as lavender, sweet woodruff, lemon verbena, star anise, tansy, any of the mints, rosemary, bay, chamomile, rue, elder, southernwood and basil.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French tanesie, probably from medieval Latin athanasia 'immortality', from Greek.
Rhymes
- paper flower
- paper-folding
- paperful
- paper gage
- paper game
- paper gauge
- papergirl
- paper gold
- paper guide
- paper handkerchief
- paperhanger
- paperhanging
- paper hankie
- paper hanky
- paper hornet
- paper hunt
- paper jam
- paper keeper
- paper kiosk
- paperknife
- paperless
- paper mache
- paper machee
- paper machine
- paper maché