costmaries
Meaning of costmaries
plural noun
an aromatic plant of the daisy family, formerly used in medicine and for flavouring ale prior to the use of hops.
late Middle English: from obsolete cost (via Latin from Greek kostos, via Arabic from Sanskrit kuṣṭha, denoting an aromatic plant) + Mary, the mother of Christ (with whom it was associated in medieval times because of its medicinal qualities).
Information about costmaries
- It is a name.
- The singular form of costmaries is: costmary.
- Languages in which costmaries is used:
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Hyphenation of costmaries
cost-maries
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- costmaries is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of costmaries
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