tansyの意味・使い方・発音

tansy

英 ['tænzɪ]

tansy (n.): perennial herb native to northern Eurasia, mid-13c., from Old French tanesie (13c., Modern French tanaisie), from Vulgar Latin *tanaceta (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Late Latin tanacetum "wormwood," from shortened form of Greek athanasia "immortality," from athanatos "immortal," from a- "not," privative prefix, + thanatos "death" (see thanatology). So called probably for its persistence. English folklore associates it with pregnancy, either as an aid to contraception or to provoke miscarriage.

1. North American herb with bitter-tasting pinate leaves resembling those of tansy .: 北米の草本植物で、クレソンに似ているが、葉はカモミールの葉に似ている。