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tansy (tan′zē)

noun pl. tansies -·sies

any of a genus (Tanacetum) of plants of the composite family; esp., a poisonous weed (T. vulgare) with strong-smelling foliage and flat-topped clusters of small, yellow, rayless flower heads

Etymology: ME < OFr tanesie < VL *tanaceta < LL tanacetum < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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