Definition of Smallage. Meaning of Smallage. Synonyms of Smallage

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Definition of Smallage

Smallage
Smallage Small"age, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley.] (Bot.) A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.

Meaning of Smallage from wikipedia

- sometimes pickled as a side dish. The wild form of celery is known as "smallage". It has a furrowed stalk with wedge-shaped leaves, the whole plant having...
- ointment as "the fat of children digged out of their graves, of juices of smallage, wolfe-bane, and cinque foil, mingled with the meal of fine wheat." Unrelated...
- thistle, endive, chicory, watercress, scallions, chives, parsnips, purslane, smallage, tarragon, borage, bugloss, radishes, rapeseed, skirret, poppy, mustard...
- "Marchwood" is most probably from the Old English "merecewudu" meaning "smallage wood" ("smallage" is a term for wild celery). It is mentioned in the Domesday Book...
- Rest-harrow, or Chamock Sampire Summer Savory and Winter Savory Scabious Smallage, or Celery Southernwood Meadow Trefoil, or Lotus (genus) Garden Valerian...