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lovage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lovage has 2 senses
- lovage(n = noun.plant) levisticum officinale - herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds; Array has parts: lovage
- lovage(n = noun.food) Array - stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers; Array is a kind of herb
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus levisticum, levisticum
is a part of levisticum officinale, lovage
CIDE DICTIONARY
lovage, n. [F. livèche, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.].
An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale ), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lovage, n.
1 a S. European herb, Levisticum officinale, used for flavouring etc.
2 a white-flowered umbelliferous plant, Ligusticum scoticum.
1 a S. European herb, Levisticum officinale, used for flavouring etc.
2 a white-flowered umbelliferous plant, Ligusticum scoticum.
Etymology
ME loveache alt. f. OF levesche f. LL levisticum f. L ligusticum neut. of ligusticus Ligurian
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