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Noun: balsam herb
  1. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavouring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    - costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita

Derived forms: balsam herbs

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Tanacetum, Tanacetum

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