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Alexanders

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
  Synonyms: Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum


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Alexanders
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Smyrnium
Species: S. olusatrum
Binomial name
Smyrnium olusatrum
L.

Alexanders is a commonly cultivated flowering plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, belonging to the family Umbelliferae. It is also known as Alisanders, Horse Parsley and Smyrnium. It was known to Theophrastus (9.1) and Pliny the Elder (N.H. 19.48).

Alexanders is native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa. The flowers of this plant are yellow-green in colour and its fruits are black. It has some similarity to celery in the way it looks and in how it tastes and was once used in many dishes where it has now been replaced by celery. It was also used as a medicinal herb. In the correct conditions Alexanders will grow up to four or five feet.



 
 
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