tansy
Americannoun
noun
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any of numerous plants of the genus Tanacetum, esp T. vulgare, having yellow flowers in flat-topped clusters and formerly used in medicine and for seasoning: family Asteraceae (composites)
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any of various similar plants
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Etymology
Origin of tansy
1225–75; Middle English < Old French tanesie, aphetic variant of atanesie < Medieval Latin athanasia < Greek athanasía immortality, equivalent to a- a- 6 + thánat ( os ) death ( see Thanatos) + -ia -y 3, with ti < si
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Along with members of the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, which owns some adjacent land, Hamman and her colleagues plan to burn some of Noyes’ pastures later this year to help control tansy ragwort.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
In the 1860s, an American suspecting a possible pregnancy may have used plants like tansy, black or blue cohosh, rue, angelica or pennyroyal to bring on bleeding.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2022
The technique recorded how the abundance of different species changed through time: For example, the rapid bloom and growth of the tansy mustard in early spring, an event missed by ground surveys.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 30, 2021
Beyond dill and cilantro, favorite herb companions include tansy, feverfew, lavender and thyme.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
Tops of tansy for yellow, and greenwood for yellow too.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
Among Composites may be mentioned the tansies, Saussureas, and the fine Erigeron multiradiatus common in the forest above Narkanda.
From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir
The air is balmy; the smiling lawns are gay with a thousand little flowers, dandelions, rock-roses, tansies and daisies, among which the harvesting Bee rolls gleefully, covering herself with pollen.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
It is of these people Sir Kenelm Digby’s book reminds us, and even the names of his recipes are soothing reading—syllabubs, hydromel, mead, quidannies, tansies, slipp-coat-cheeses, manchets, and so forth.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
Like banners unfurled The skies dip and flourish— The keen breezes nourish, While the bright world Is a ribbon unrolled With a border of grasses; And tansies are masses And splotches of gold.
From Challenge by Untermeyer, Louis
"I have picked some field tansies," she went on, with some animation.
From The Rendezvous 1907 by Bernstein, Herman
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