tansy

英 ['tænzɪ]

畅通词汇

复数: tansies;

tansy (n.): perennial herb native to northern Eurasia, mid-13c., from Old French tanesie (13c., Modern French tanaisie), from Vulgar Latin *tanaceta (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Late Latin tanacetum "wormwood," from shortened form of Greek athanasia "immortality," from athanatos "immortal," from a- "not," privative prefix, + thanatos "death" (see thanatology). So called probably for its persistence. English folklore associates it with pregnancy, either as an aid to contraception or to provoke miscarriage.

1. North American herb with bitter - tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy.: 北美的一种草本植物,类似水芹,但叶象艾菊叶.