Tansy
Tansy , noun
[Old English tansaye, French tanaise; compare Italian & Sp. tanaceto, New Latin tanacetum, Portuguese atanasia, athanasia, Greek 'aqanasi`a immortality, from 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. + qa`natos death.]
1.
(Botany) 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. [Obsolete] — Pepys
Collocations (2)
Double tansy (Botany) , a variety of the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual.
Tansy mustard (Botany) , a plant (Sisymbrium canescens) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves.