smallage

American  

[smaw-lij] / ˈsmɔ lɪdʒ /

noun

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

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smallage British  

/ ˈsmɔːlɪdʒ /

noun

1. an archaic name for wild celery

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Etymology

Origin of smallage

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

Example Sentences

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smallage

Chop the smallage exceeding small, and put it in a good half hour before you are to take your possnet from the fire.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by Anne MacDonell

Thus the horse-parsley was so called from its coarseness as compared with smallage or celery, and the horse-mushroom from its size in distinction to a species more commonly eaten.

From The Folk-lore of Plants by T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer

In its wild state it has a strong, disagreeable taste and smell, and is known as smallage.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

Take the young sprouts of smallage, wash and drain them till perfectly dry.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous