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ALEXANDERS (botanical name, Smyrnium Olusatrum, natural order Umbelliferae)

ALEXANDERS (botanical name, Smyrnium Olusatrum, natural See also:
ORDER
ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
ORDER, HOLY
order See also:
UMBELLIFERAE
Umbelliferae) , a stout herbaceous plant with a furrowed, much-branched See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem 1-3 ft. high, and large See also:

compound leaves with broad sheathing stalks, and broad, cut or lobed segments. The small yellow See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne in compound umbels. The plant is a native of the Mediterranean region, and was formerly cultivated as a pot-See also:

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb. It is now found apparently See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild in See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

Ireland, growing in See also:

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste places, especially near the See also:

sea and amongst ruins. In See also:

England the plant is sometimes popularly termed " alisander "; in See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America Thaspium aureum is sometimes called " alexanders." " See also:

Alexander's See also:

FOOT

foot," botanical name Anacyclus See also:

PYRETHRUM

Pyrethrum, is the See also:

PELLITORY

pellitory of See also:

Spain.

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