tansy (tăn`zē), perennial herb (Tanacetum vulgare) of the family Asteraceae (aster aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information. family), native to Europe but naturalized in North America. It was long cultivated for its ornamental foliage and clusters of yellow, buttonlike flowers; it was often used in old-fashioned dishes, such as tansy cakes and puddings, which were eaten in the spring, especially at Easter time, either in memory of the bitter herbs of the Jewish Passover or as a sort of tonic after the Lenten season. Tansy tea was formerly a household medicine and is still used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of external bruises and inflammations. Tansy is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.

tansy

Any of about 50 species of strong-smelling, poisonous herbs, especially common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare, or Chrysanthemum vulgare), of the composite family, native to the northern temperate zone. T. vulgare has button-shaped yellow flower heads of disk flowers (no ray flowers) that are arranged in a flat-topped cluster, deeply cut leaves, and many stems. It is sometimes cultivated in herb gardens and was formerly used in medicines and insecticides. See also chrysanthemum.

tansy

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Tanacetum, esp T. vulgare, having yellow flowers in flat-topped clusters and formerly used in medicine and for seasoning: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. any of various similar plants

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No references found	ex Hornem) is widespread in the Far East, where the great nettle (Urtica dioica L) is widespread in Europe; northern tansy (Tanacetum boreale Fisch) is widespread instead of the common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L), Far-East wild strawberry (Fragaria orientalis Losinsk) instead of European wood strawberry (Fragaria vesca L), Keiskei lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria keiskei Miq) instead of lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis). Medicinal plants of the Russian Far East by Stepanova, T.A.; Stusenko, O.V. / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism	Common Nouns Common Object File Format Common Object Model common object request broker Common Object Request Broker Architecture Common Objects common operating environment Common OS API common path of travel common pitch Common Pleas, Court Common Program Interface common projectile common purlin common pyrite common rafter common return Common Ridings Day common roof common room common salt Common Sense Common Stock common storage common tangent Common Tansy common thistle common time Common Timing System Common User Access common vent common wall Common Wheat common year common-and-cross bond common-base connection common-base feedback oscillator common-channel interoffice signaling common-collector connection common-drain amplifier common-emitter connection common-gate amplifier common-ion effect Common-ISDN-API Common-Law Marriage common-mode error common-mode gain common-mode input capacitance common-mode input impedance common-mode input resistance common-mode rejection	Common System Area Common System Engineering Work Bench COMmon System for Technical Analysis and Reporting Common System Interface Common System Main Interconnecting Frame Common System Services Functional Segment Common System Track Stores Common Systems Configuration Engineering Common Systems Engineering Common Systems Function List Common Systems Planning & Engineering Common Systems Planning and Engineering Common Systems Planning and Engineering Center Common Systems Software Common Table Expression Common Table of Allowance Common Tactical Aircraft Common Tactical Database Common Tactical Dataset Common Tactical Display Common Tactical Picture Common Tactical Picture Manager Common Tailorbird common tangent Common Tansy Common Targeting Data Link Common Targeting System common tarweed Common Task for Assessment Common Task Skill Qualification Test Common Task Soldier's Manual Common Task Test Common Task Training Common Teal common teasel Common Technical Document Common Technical Framework Common Technical Interface Design Plan Common technical regulation Common Technical Requirements common tegus common tegus Common tendinous ring Common tendinous ring Common tendinous ring Common tendinous ring Common tendinous ring Common Tenrec Common Tenrec Common Tenrec common tenrecs common tenrecs common tenrecs Common Terminal Radar Approach Control Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events

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ex Hornem) is widespread in the Far East, where the great nettle (Urtica dioica L) is widespread in Europe; northern tansy (Tanacetum boreale Fisch) is widespread instead of the common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L), Far-East wild strawberry (Fragaria orientalis Losinsk) instead of European wood strawberry (Fragaria vesca L), Keiskei lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria keiskei Miq) instead of lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis).

Medicinal plants of the Russian Far East by Stepanova, T.A.; Stusenko, O.V. / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism

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