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camphor dune tansy | (n) densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area, Syn. Tanacetum camphoratum |
northern dune tansy | (n) 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, Syn. Tanacetum douglasii |
tansy | (n) common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally, Syn. Tanacetum vulgare, scented fern, golden buttons |
tansy-leaved rocket | (n) perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium, Syn. Hugueninia tanacetifolia, Sisymbrium tanacetifolia |
tansy mustard | (n) North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy, Syn. Descurainia pinnata |
tansy-scented | (adj) smelling of tansy, Syn. tansy-smelling |
ragwort | (n) widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity, Syn. Senecio jacobaea, benweed, ragweed, tansy ragwort |
silverweed | (n) low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia, Syn. goose-tansy, goose grass, Potentilla anserina |
tahoka daisy | (n) wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico, Syn. tansy leaf aster, Machaeranthera tanacetifolia |
goose-tansy | n. (Bot.), Same as goose-grass. |
Tansy | n. [ OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp. tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr.
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