English > genus Tanacetum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum. |
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| Synonym | Tanacetum |
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| Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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| Members | camphor dune tansy, Tanacetum camphoratum | densely hairy plant with rayless flowers |
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| costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita | tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers |
| dusty miller, silver-lace, silver lace, Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum | shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down |
| feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, Chrysanthemum parthenium | bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads |
| northern dune tansy, Tanacetum douglasii | lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers |
| painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum | spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers |
| pyrethrum, Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium | white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below |
| tansy, golden buttons, scented fern, Tanacetum vulgare | Common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | abrótano macho, abrótano, boja, tanaceto |
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| Catalan | abròtan, broida, herba cuquera, herba menuda, Tanacetum |
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