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Tansy vs Tangy - What's the difference?

tansy | tangy |

As a proper noun tansy

is .

As an adjective tangy is

having a sharp, pungent flavor.

tansy

English

(wikipedia tansy)

Noun

  • A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum , especially .
  • * 1913 , DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 365:
    • The sunny afternoon was there, like another land. By the path grew tansy and little trees.
  • (uncountable, obsolete) A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish.
    • (Pepys)

    Derived terms

    * double tansy * tansy mustard

    See also

    * pennyroyal * savin

    Anagrams

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    tangy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • having a sharp, pungent flavor
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.}}

    Derived terms

    * tanginess