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Tansy

/ˈtanzi/

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

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noun
  1. 1

    A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

  2. 2

    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. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring."

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