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golden alexanders

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golden alexanders

 
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–noun
a plant, Zizia aurea, of the parsley family, native to eastern North America, having compound leaves and umbels of yellow flowers.
Origin:
ME alisaundre (< OF < ML), OE alexandre < ML (petroselinum) Alexandrinum horse-parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum), a synonym of petroselinum Macedonicum (appar. by assoc. of Macedonia with Alexander the Great ); cf. parsley
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golden Al·ex·an·ders   (āl'ĭg-zān'dərz)   
n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
An herb (Zizia aurea) of eastern North America, having compound umbels of small yellow flowers and ternately compound leaves.

[Middle English alisaundre, probably from Medieval Latin (petroselīnum) Alexandrīnum, horse-parsley, after Alexander III.]
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