Definition of Tanacetum

1. Noun. A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanacetum

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Tampa
Tampa Bay
Tampax
Tampere
Tampico
Tamplin
Tamra
Tamsin
Tamul
Tamuls
Tamus
Tamus communis
Tamyen
Tanacetum (current term)
Tanacetum balsamita
Tanacetum camphoratum
Tanacetum cinerariifolium
Tanacetum coccineum
Tanacetum douglasii
Tanacetum parthenium
Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
Tanacetum vulgare
Tanach
Tanagra
Tanaina
Tanainas
Tanakh
Tanana

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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