Costmary

n.

1.

(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.

Noun	1.	costmary - 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 Synonyms: alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita
	2.	costmary - leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings

alecost, balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, genus Tanacetum, herb, herbaceous plant, mint geranium, Tanacetum, Tanacetum balsamita