scented fern

Noun

• common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally

• sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds

• fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  tansy , golden buttons , Tanacetum vulgare , Mohria caffrorum , hay-scented , hay-scented fern , boulder fern , Dennstaedtia punctilobula