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.
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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:

alecost

Anagrams of costmary

Arctomys, mascotry

Words that rhyme with costmary

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