smallage

[ smaw-lij ]

noun

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

smallage

/ ˈsmɔːlɪdʒ /

noun

1. an archaic name for wild celery

Word History and Origins

Origin of smallage¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of smallage¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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When the bottle is two-thirds full of the smallage, turn in French brandy, till the bottle is full.

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

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To this quantity put as much Smallage as you buy for a peny, which maketh it strong of the HerPage 138b, and very green.

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