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

How is one to know how much smallage was got for a penny in mid-seventeenth century?

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

In the square garden, with its pointed picket-fence, that ran along the road, I saw clusters of smallage, and thickets of delicate fennel.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

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

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

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

Let it remain three or four days, to have the smallage absorb the brandy—then put in as much more brandy as the bottle will hold.

From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous