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

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

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Trisper′mum, a poultice made of the crushed seeds of cummin, bay, and smallage.

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Sardonic" in these lines: "Feigned, or forced smiles, from the word Sardon, the name of an herb resembling smallage, and growing in Sardinia, which, being eaten by men, contracts the muscles, and excites laughter even to death.

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

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

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