1. a strong-smelling plant with yellow flowers, formerly used in cooking and medicine

Examples

• The garden was filled with wild tansy growing along the fence.
• Medieval cooks used tansy to flavor their dishes.
• Tansy has bright yellow button-like flowers that bloom in late summer.
• The herbalist dried tansy leaves for medicinal preparations.
• Tansy can be invasive if not properly controlled in the garden.
• The bitter taste of tansy made it unpopular in modern cooking.