costmary

Noun

• leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  alecost , bible leaf , mint geranium , balsam herb , Tanacetum balsamita , Chrysanthemum balsamita