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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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Tanacetum balsamita
Description
Costmary is a perennial with oval serrated leaves and can grow up to high. Name
The English name 'costmary' stems from 'costus of Saint Mary'.
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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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Knot garden
a square frame, consisting of a variety of aromatic plants and culinary herbs including germander, marjoram, thyme, southernwood, lemon balm, hyssop, costmary
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ageratum
ageratum Bot. and Herb. (əˈdʒərətəm, pop. ædʒəˈreɪtəm) [mod.L. agēratum, ad. (by Linnæus) cl. L. agēraton, a. Gr. ἀγήρᾰτον name of a plant in Dioscorides and Pliny, prop. neuter of ἀγήρατος not growing old, f. ἀ priv. + γῆρας, -ατος old age. Formerly also in the Gr. form.] † 1. Herb. Some kind of ‘e...
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Tanacetum
Other familiar species include costmary (T. balsamita) and feverfew (T. parthenium). Tanacetum balsamita L. – costmary
Tanacetum bipinnatum (L.) Sch.
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Mithridate
It contained:
costmary, 1–66 grams
sweet flag, 20 grams
hypericum, 8 grams
Natural gum, 8 grams
sagapenum, 8 grams
acacia juice, 8 grams
Illyrian iris
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maudlin
▪ I. maudlin, n. (ˈmɔːdlɪn) Forms: 4–5 maudeleyne, mawd(e)leyn, 4, 6 maudelen, 5 mawdelayn, -en, 6 maud(e)lene, -elein, -elyn, -lein(e, mawdel(e)in, -(e)leyn, 6–7 maudlen, mawdlin, 7 maudline, mawdlen, -line. [a. OF. Madelaine, semi-popular ad. L. Magdalēna, Magdalene.] † 1. As proper name: = Magdal...
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Chartreuse (liqueur)
book The Practical Hotel Steward (1900) states that Green Chartreuse contains "cinnamon, mace, lemon balm, dried hyssop flower tops, peppermint, thyme, costmary
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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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verdurous
verdurous, a. (ˈvɜːdjʊərəs) Also 7–9 poet. verd'rous. [f. verdure + -ous.] 1. Of vegetation: Rich or abounding in verdure; flourishing thick and green.1604 Drayton Moyses ii. 51 The loathsome Hemlock as the verdurous Rose, These filthy Locusts equally deuowre. 1612 ― Poly-olb. xv. 196 The sent-full ...
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Herb Strewer
of Henry VIII, lists twenty-one strewing herbs in his 1557 instructional poem, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie: basil, lemon balm, chamomile, costmary
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dia-
▪ I. dia-, prefix1 before a vowel di-, repr. Gr. δια-, δι-, the prep. διά through, during, across, by. [orig. *δϝιγα, from root of *δϝο, δύο two, and so related to δίς, *δϝίς twice (di-2) and L. dis- a-two, asunder (dis-, di-1).] Much used in Greek in composition, in the senses ‘through, thorough, t...
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Kitchen garden
scallions, and so on for edible flowers and winter potherbs like thyme, sage, lavender, rosemary, hyssop, southern wormwood, savoury, lemon balm, basil, costmary
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herb
▪ I. herb, n. (hɜːb) Forms: 3–6 erbe, 3–7 herbe, 4 eerbe, 6 earbe, heerb, Sc. hairb, 6–7 hearbe, 6– herb; also 5–6 yerbe, 9 dial. yerb, yarb, yirb. [In ME. usually erbe, a. OF. erbe (11th c. in Littré), mod.F. herbe (= It. erba, Sp. yerba, Pg. herva):—L. herba grass, green crops, herbage, herb. In O...
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