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alecost
alecost (ˈeɪlkɒst) Also 6–7 ale-coast. [f. ale- 4 + cost. ad. L. costum, -us, -os, a. Gr. κόστος an unidentified plant used as spice.] A Composite plant (Balsamita vulgaris or Chrysanthemum balsamita) allied to Tansy, so called because formerly much used for giving to ale an agreeable aromatic and b...
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Tanacetum balsamita
Tanacetum balsamita is a perennial temperate herb known as costmary, alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, or mint geranium.
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costmary
costmary (ˈkɒstmɛərɪ) Also 5 -maryn, marye, 6 coste-, 6–7 costmarie. [f. cost n.3 + (St.) Mary. In the middle ages, the plant was widely associated in name with St. Mary; in French, the Grant Herbier of 15th c. has ‘Herba Sancte Marie, q. alio nomine dicitur costus dulcem..Herbe Sainte Marie, qui es...
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balsam
▪ I. balsam, n. (and a.) (ˈbɔːlsəm) Forms: 1 balsam, balzam, balzama; 6–7 balsome, 7 -um, -ame, 7–8 -om, 7– balsam. [ad. L. balsam-um: see below. Found already in OE. as balsam, balzam (neut.), and balzama, -e, wk. ? m. or f.; then not till c 1600, the general popular sense having been meanwhile sup...
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cost
▪ I. † cost, n.1 Obs. [ONorthumb. cost, a. ON. kostr trial, chance, state, condition, quality, etc. = Goth. kustus proof, trial:—OTeut. *kus-tuz, from weak grade kus- of keus-, kaus-, kus-, to taste, prove, choose: cf. OE. costian, Ger. kosten to try, prove, taste; also L. gustus, gustāre, Gr. γεύ(σ...
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