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lovage
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lovage \Lov"age\, n. [F. liv[`e]che, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ( Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.
Wiktionary
n. A perennial Mediterranean herb, (taxlink Levisticum officinale species noshow=1), with odor and flavor resembling celery.
WordNet
n. herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds [syn: Levisticum officinale]
stalks eaten like celery or candied like Angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers
Wikipedia
Lovage , Levisticum officinale, is a tall perennial plant, the sole species in the genus Levisticum in the family Apiaceae, subfamily Apioideae, tribe Apieae.
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Usage examples of "lovage".
Rosemary, Savory, Lovage, Parsley, Coriander, Alexanders, or Olusatrum, the black pot herb, Savin, and other useful herbs, were already of common growth for kitchen uses, or for medicinal purposes.
Parasitic wasps, who have the tiniest of tongues, need the smaller blossoms of herbs and flowers like coriander, dill, fennel, lovage and parsley.
The Garden Lovage is one of the old English herbs that was formerly very generally cultivated, and is still occasionally cultivated as a sweet herb, and for the use in herbal medicine of its root, and to a less degree, the leaves and seeds.
The Scotch Lovage grows on cliffs and rocky shores in Scotland and Northumberland.
When treated like celery, Sea Lovage proves quite inferior, though Angelica and Lovage have been thus used with a certain measure of success, even to the more fastidious modern palate.
Black Lovage is in leaf and flower not unlike an Angelica, and amateur collectors have sometimes mistaken it for Wild Angelica.