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alexanders

Noun

al=ex=an=ders

WORDNET DICTIONARY

alexanders(n = noun.plant) alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, smyrnium olusatrum - European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb; Array

is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant

is a member of genus smyrnium, smyrnium

alexanders, n.

same as Alexander[wn1]; Smyrnium olusatrum. [WordNet 1.5]

alexanders, n. [OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.].

A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [1913 Webster]

alexanders, n. an umbelliferous plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, formerly used in salads but superseded by celery.

Etymology

OE f. med.L alexandrum

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