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Alecost
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Alecost has 1 sense
- alecost(n = noun.plant) balsam herb, bible leaf, chrysanthemum balsamita, costmary, mint geranium, tanacetum balsamita - 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; Array has parts: costmary
is a member of genus tanacetum, tanacetum
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
CIDE DICTIONARY
Alecost, n. [Ale + L. costus an aromatic plant: cf. Costmary.].
The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. [1913 Webster]
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