TansyA corruption of the Greek word athanasia, immortality, as thansa, tansy. So called because it is “a sort of everlasting flower.” (Hortus Anglicus, vol. ii. p. 366.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Tansy from Infoplease:
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