Tanacetum

noun

Tan·​a·​ce·​tum

-ētəm

: a genus of chiefly Old World strong-scented herbs (family Compositae) having usually dissected foliage and small discoid flower heads in flat-topped corymbs see tansy sense 1a

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin, tansy

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