单词 | costmary |
释义 | costmary (once / 437753 pages) n WORD FAMILY costmary USAGE EXAMPLESThe plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary(2012) Then Balm and Mint help to make up My chaplet, and for trial Costmary that so likes the Cup, And next it Pennyroyal. Earle, Alice Morse, Old-Time Gardens—Newly Set Forth(2012) Costmary is a hardy, perennial plant, with a hard, creeping root, and an erect, branching stem two or three feet high. Burr, Fearing, The Field and Garden Vegetables of...(2010) 1n tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum Syn|Hyper Chrysanthemum balsamita, Tanacetum balsamita, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, mint geranium herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2n leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings Hyper herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities |
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