alexanders

[ al-ig-zan-derz, -zahn- ]

noun,plural al·ex·an·ders.(used with a singular or plural verb)
  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.

Origin of alexanders

1
Probably <French alexandre(s); compare Middle English alisaundre (< OF), Old English alexandre<Medieval Latin (petroselīnum) Alexandrīnum a name for Smyrnium olusatrum, and synonymous with Medieval Latin petroselīnum Macedonicum, apparently through association of Macedonia with Alexander the Great; cf. parsley

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alexanders

/ (ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəz) /


noun
  1. a biennial umbelliferous plant, Smyrnium olusatrum, native to S Europe, with dense umbels of yellow-green flowers and black fruits

  2. golden alexanders an umbelliferous plant, Zizia aurea, of North America, having yellow flowers in compound umbels

Origin of alexanders

1
Old English, from Medieval Latin alexandrum, probably (through association in folk etymology with Alexander the Great) changed from Latin holus atrum black vegetable

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