Alexanders

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The English name of an umbelliferous plant, Smyrnium Olusatrum.
  • noun. In North America, a name sometimes given to the plant Thaspium aureum.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. same as alexander[wn1]; Smyrnium olusatrum.
  • noun. A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip
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  • noun. European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
  • Word Usage
    "Later, I would make the Napoleon House around four for a game of chess or to play the old beatup upright piano in the very back room--by then drinking brandy alexanders--and New Orleans bars made the best brandy alexanders in the history of the drunkard's world in those days."
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