cost·mary /ˈkɔstˌmɛri, ˈkɑst-/
艾菊
Cost·ma·ry n. Bot. A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.
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costmary
n 1: 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 [syn: alecost, bible leaf, mint
geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum
balsamita]
2: leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in
sauces and soups and stuffings