Hypertext Webster Gateway: "costmary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Costmary \Cost"ma*ry\ (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental
aromatic plant (Gr. ???, cf. Ar. kost, kust) + Maria Mary.
Cf. {Alecost}.] (Bot.)
A garden plant ({Chrysanthemum Balsamita}) having a strong
balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a
pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer.
Called also {alecost}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
costmary
n 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 [syn: {alecost}, {bible leaf}, {mint
geranium}, {balsam herb}, {Tanacetum balsamita}, {Chrysanthemum
balsamita}]
2: leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in
sauces and soups and stuffings
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