costmary
Meaning of costmary
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 costmary
- It is a name.
- The plural form of costmary is: costmaries.
- Languages in which costmary is used:
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Hyphenation of costmary
cost-mary
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- costmary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
costmary synonyms
Meaning alecost:
Anagrams of costmary
Words that rhyme with costmary
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