Tanacetum

noun

a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum

• Syn: ↑genus Tanacetum

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms:

↑costmary, ↑alecost, ↑bible leaf, ↑mint geranium, ↑balsam herb, ↑Tanacetum balsamita, ↑Chrysanthemum balsamita, ↑camphor dune tansy, ↑Tanacetum camphoratum, ↑painted daisy, ↑pyrethrum, ↑Tanacetum coccineum, ↑Chrysanthemum coccineum, ↑Dalmatian pyrethrum, ↑Dalmatia pyrethrum, ↑Tanacetum cinerariifolium, ↑Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, ↑northern dune tansy, ↑Tanacetum douglasii, ↑feverfew, ↑Tanacetum parthenium, ↑Chrysanthemum parthenium, ↑dusty miller, ↑silver-lace, ↑silver lace, ↑Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, ↑Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum, ↑tansy, ↑golden buttons, ↑scented fern, ↑Tanacetum vulgare

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\\-ēd.əm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, tansy

: 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 1a