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tansy
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tan·sy
/ ˈtanzē/
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n.
a plant (genus Tanacetum) of the daisy family with yellow flat-topped buttonlike flowerheads and aromatic leaves, formerly used in cooking and medicine.
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Herbs No. 36: Tansy
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...description in Sons and Lovers of the Morels' tansy-bordered garden path leading down to...a hillside basking in autumn sunshine. Tansy was a favourite domestic herb in Lawrence...dropped by cautious herbalists. Visually, tansy is charming - tall and sturdy, with finely...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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NOXIOUS WEED WHACKER REVS UP COUNTY TARGETS TANSY RAGWORT, SOME ITS OWN.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 8/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...getting tough with noxious weeds, especially tansy ragwort. Weed inspectors are threatening...But King County is among the culprits. Tansy ragwort, which can kill cattle and horses...inspector warned, ``we will control the tansy ragwort and bill you for the work, plus...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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CLASSICAL: Tansy funks up her compositions; CULTURE Tansy Davies talks to Terry Grimley about her two Birmingham premieres.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; Up-and-coming British composer Tansy Davies is enjoying a prolific 2007, with...harpsichord setting. But, as it happens, Tansy Davies is noted for taking inspiration...tonality. "I like pulse-related music" Tansy Davies says. "I think it can give structural...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Tansy picks a wild life; Daddy's girl: Damian and Tansy.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/1/2008; 393 words
; ...wildlife, it's no wonder 19-year-old Tansy Aspinall has something of the naturalist's touch. Now Tansy, who has just left the private boarding...especially to Gabon to see the gorillas,' says Tansy, whose casino-owning father Damian...
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Damian's a hands-on dad; Hug: Damian and Tansy.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 7/4/2008; 400 words
; ...has a softer approach with his daughters Tansy, 19, Clary, 16,and Freya, four. He was proud to give Tansy a hug at photographer Mario Testino's...Pury & Company's London gallery. Tansy had scrubbed up nicely after muddy Glastonbury...
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Tansy is great for ants; not peonies.(Country conversation & feedback)
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 9/1/2007; ; 334 words
; COUNTRYSIDE: I found out long ago that the herb tansy grown around the garden completely repels ants. I also learned...blossoms. The peonies died in three years from my introduction of tansy to the garden, however, I never had an ant problem again...
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Travel Book of the week: Twentysomething Tansy takes a well-trodden trail
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/11/2001; ; 577 words
; ...winters. But it aspires to be something more. The heroine, Tansy Harris, is on a downward spiral. Too much vodka and cocaine...trendier flat in Soho pad out the picture. A real plus is that Tansy does not set out to "find herself" - even if, of course...
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UNTOLD: Music by James MacMillan, Philip Cashian, Joe Duddell, Gareth Brady and Tansy Davies
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 11/1/2005; ; 449 words
; ...MacMillan, Philip Cashian, Joe Ouddell, Gareth Brady and Tansy Davies Ensemble Q FMR RECORDS FMRCD135-C1103 49' This set...Brae with its strong links to Scottish lore. However, I found Tansy Davies' Fern to be a truly imaginative piece and the best of...
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Mother left girl, nine, on 120ft cliff and jumped to her death; (1) Depression: Tansy Langton with Olivia when she was a baby (2) Anvil Point: Double tragedy.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...eightyear-old daughter to a clifftop - then jumped toher death. Tansy Langton, 50, had written family phone numbers on a piece of...the grassy ledge, I couldn't see anyone. Olivia told me Tansy'sname and I shouted it three times, but there was no reply...
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Tansy, goldenrod 101: natural education at my island summer school
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/31/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...between brownstone and brick and concrete. But here I am still a sightseer. So I have had to learn the difference between a tansy and goldenrod, between the false foxglove and the common primrose. I have had to memorize the names of wildflowers the halting...
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tansy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tansy , perennial herb ( Tanacetum vulgare ) of...used in old-fashioned dishes, such as tansy cakes and puddings, which were eaten in...a sort of tonic after the Lenten season. Tansy tea was formerly a household medicine and...
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Abortion
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A variety of herbs and other plant products, including tansy, savin, pennyroyal, seneca snakeroot, and rue were used as abortifacients, some available from physicians but many attainable...
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alecost
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
alecost An aromatic herbaceous plant, Tanacetum ( Chrysanthemum ) balsamita , related to tansy , used in salads and formerly used to flavour ale.
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Kalember, Patricia 1956(?)–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...Company, Allentown, PA, 1982. Catherine Simms, The Foreigner, Astor Place Theatre, New York City, between 1984 and 1986. Tansy McGinnis, The Nerd, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1987 – 1988. Lily, Loose Knit, Second Stage Theatre...
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Hepworth, Cecil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Adventuress ; Alf's Button ; Helen of Four Gates ; Mrs. Erricker's Reputation 1921 Tinted Venus ; Narrow Valley ; Wild Heather ; Tansy 1922 The Pipes of Pan ; Mist in the Valley ; Strangling Threads ; Comin' Thro' the Rye (second version) 1927 The House of...
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