单词 | alexanders |
释义 | alexanders /al'ig zan"deuhrz, -zahn"-/, n. , pl. alexanders. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. a tall plant, Angelica atropurpurea, of the parsley family, having broad clusters of small white flowers. 2. a related plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, having yellowish flowers. [prob. < F alexandre(s); cf. ME alisaundre ( < OF), OE alexandre < ML (petroselinum) Alexandrinum a name for Smyrnium olusatrum, and synonymous with ML petroselinum Macedonicum, appar. through assoc. of Macedonia with Alexander the Great; cf. PARSLEY] |
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