smallage

[ smaw-lij ]

noun
  1. the celery, Apium graveolens, especially in its wild state.

Origin of smallage

1
1250–1300; Middle English smalege, smalache, equivalent to smalesmall + ache parsley <Old French <Latin apium celery, parsley

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smallage

/ (ˈsmɔːlɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. an archaic name for wild celery

Origin of smallage

1
C13: from earlier smalache, from smal small + ache wild celery, from Old French, from Latin apium

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