What is "smyrnium olusatrum"

Olusatrum \O*lu"sa*trum\, n. [L. holusatrum, olusatrum; olus garden herb + ater black.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant, the common Alexanders of Western Europe ( Smyrnium Olusatrum).

Alexanders \Alexanders\ n. 1. same as Alexander[wn1]; Smyrnium olusatrum.

Syn: Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum

Alexander \Alexander\ n.

1. 1 a European herb ( Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb.

   Syn: Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley

2. 1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC).

   Syn: Alexander the Great

Smyrnium olusatrum, common name Alexanders, is a cultivated flowering plant, belonging to the family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae). It is also known as alisanders, horse parsley, and smyrnium. It was known to Theophrastus (9.1) and Pliny the Elder ('' N.H. 19.48).