alecost
Noun
1. tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
(synonym) costmary, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
(member-holonym) Tanacetum, genus Tanacetum
(part-meronym) costmary
Alecost
(n.)
The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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ALECOST
BALSAMITE. ERBA SAN PIETRO