tansy

English - Turkish

Definition of tansy in English Turkish dictionary

solucan otu

(isim) solucan otu

Tanacetum vulgare

solucanot

English - English

Definition of tansy in English English dictionary

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare

The sunny afternoon was there, like another land. By the path grew tansy and little trees.

{n} the name of a common garden herb

a plant with yellow flowers (of the genus Tanacetum)

It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes

vulgare has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste

Any plant of the composite genus Tanacetum

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

{i} aromatic herb bearing small yellow flowers (sometimes used as a seasoning and in medicine)

common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

The common tansy T

Any of about 50 species of strong-smelling, poisonous herbs, especially common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare, or Chrysanthemum vulgare), of the composite family, native to the northern temperate zone. T. vulgare has button-shaped yellow flower heads of disk flowers (no ray flowers) that are arranged in a flat-topped cluster, deeply cut leaves, and many stems. It is sometimes cultivated in herb gardens and was formerly used in medicines and insecticides. See also chrysanthemum

Related Terms

tansy mustard

North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy

tansy-leaved rocket

perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium

camphor dune tansy

densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area

northern dune tansy

lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America

Hyphenation

tan·sy

Turkish pronunciation

tänzi

Pronunciation

/ˈtanzē/ /ˈtænziː/

Etymology

[ 'tan-zE ] (noun.) 15th century. From Old French tanesie, tanoisie et al., aphetic form of athanasie, from Medieval Latin athanasia, from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (“immortality”). thumb