lovage

[ luhv-ij ]

/ ˈlʌv ɪdʒ /

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noun

a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens.

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Origin of lovage

1350–1400; Middle English loveache<Anglo-French luvesche (by association with ache celery <Latin apium) <Old English lufestice (by syncope) <Medieval Latin levistica, for Late Latin levisticum, alteration of Latin ligusticum lovage, noun use of neuter of Ligusticus Ligurian

Words nearby lovage

L'Ouverture, louvre, louvred, Louÿs, lovable, lovage, lovastatin, lovat, love, loveable, love affair

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How to use lovage in a sentence

The same effect may be produced by poultice mixed with levisticum (lovage) or leaves of parsley.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Named from the country Liguria, where the officinal Lovage of the gardens abounds.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray
The Highlanders have the same opinion of the virtues of Lovage.
A Garden with House Attached|Sarah Warner Brooks
Lovage cleers the sight, takes away redness and Freckles from the Face.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow

Take the juice of smallage or lovage, and mix with any kind of bait.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889|Barkham Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for lovage

lovage

/ (ˈlʌvɪdʒ) /

noun

a European umbelliferous plant, Levisticum officinale, with greenish-white flowers and aromatic fruits, which are used for flavouring food

Scotch lovage a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe

Word Origin for lovage

C14 loveache, from Old French luvesche, from Late Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum, literally: Ligurian (plant)

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