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smallage
[smaw-lij]
noun
the celery, Apium graveolens, especially in its wild state.
smallage
/ ˈɔːɪ /
noun
an archaic name for wild celery
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of smallage1
Example Sentences
A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.
Trisper′mum, a poultice made of the crushed seeds of cummin, bay, and smallage.
Sardonic" in these lines: "Feigned, or forced smiles, from the word Sardon, the name of an herb resembling smallage, and growing in Sardinia, which, being eaten by men, contracts the muscles, and excites laughter even to death.
Take the young sprouts of smallage, wash and drain them till perfectly dry.
In the square garden, with its pointed picket-fence, that ran along the road, I saw clusters of smallage, and thickets of delicate fennel.
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