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Definition of Tanacetum
1. Noun. A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Alecost, Balsam Herb, Bible Leaf, Chrysanthemum Balsamita, Costmary, Mint Geranium, Tanacetum Balsamita, Camphor Dune Tansy, Tanacetum Camphoratum, Chrysanthemum Coccineum, Painted Daisy, Pyrethrum, Tanacetum Coccineum, Chrysanthemum Cinerariifolium, Dalmatia Pyrethrum, Dalmatian Pyrethrum, Pyrethrum, Tanacetum Cinerariifolium, Northern Dune Tansy, Tanacetum Douglasii, Chrysanthemum Parthenium, Feverfew, Tanacetum Parthenium, Chrysanthemum Ptarmiciflorum, Dusty Miller, Silver Lace, Silver-lace, Tanacetum Ptarmiciflorum, Golden Buttons, Scented Fern, Tanacetum Vulgare, Tansy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanacetum
Literary usage of Tanacetum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"... to Mo., Me. and Mass. Adv. from the Pacific coast.—Pennsylvania: PHILADELPHIA,
Pt. Breeze. 42. Tanacetum L. 1. Tanacetum vulgäre L. TANSY. (Man. p. ..."
2. The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"In waste places in England, often naturalized, and is frequently grown in gardens.
Flowers August and September. Etymology.—The name Tanacetum is considered ..."
3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"Tansy is the LEAVES and TOPS of Tanacetum vulgare (Nat. Orti. Compositae), an
herbaceous, perennial plant, indigenous to Europe but cultivated in our ..."
4. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle (1886)
"Tansy is the LEAVES and TOPS of Tanacetum vulgare (Nat. Ord. Compositae), an
herbaceous, perennial plant, indigenous to Europe but cultivated in our gardens ..."
5. Acta Soc. Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica by Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (1902)
"... Tanacetum, Angelica, Cornus suecica). Noin puoli kilometriä edellä kuvatusta
länteen päin on samalla ..."
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