lovage
noun /ˈlʌvɪdʒ/
/ˈlʌvɪdʒ/
[uncountable]- a plant whose leaves are used in cooking as a herbTopics Foodc2Word OriginMiddle English loveache, alteration (as if from love + obsolete ache ‘parsley’) of Old French luvesche, levesche, via late Latin levisticum from Latin ligusticum, neuter of ligusticus ‘Ligurian’, from Liguria, a costal region of NW Italy.