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Webster 1913 Edition
Tansy
Tan′sy
,Noun.
[OE.
tansaye
, F. tanaise
; cf. It. & Sp. tanaceto
, NL. tanacetum
, Pg. atanasia
, athanasia
, Gr. ἀθανασία
immortality, fr. ἀθάνατοσ
immortal; ἀ
priv. + θάνατοσ
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. 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.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Tansy
TAN'SY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Tansy
Tansy
See also: tansy
English
Proper noun
Tansy
- A female given name.
- 2008 Rachel Johnson, Shire ****, Penguin UK, ISBN 0141915749:
- (I love romantic folksy English names like Tansy and Violet, Ralph likes Mitfordesque names like Pamela and and Daphne)
- 2008 Rachel Johnson, Shire ****, Penguin UK, ISBN 0141915749:
tansy
tansy
See also: Tansy
English
Noun
tansy (countable and uncountable, plural tansies)
- A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 365:
- The sunny afternoon was there, like another land. By the path grew tansy and little trees.
- 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin 2006, p. 365:
- (uncountable, obsolete) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pepys to this entry?)
Derived terms
- double tansy
- tansy mustard
Translations
plant of the genus Tanacetum