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lov⋅age
[luhv-ij] 
–noun
| a European plant, Levisticum officinale, of the parsley family, having coarsely toothed compound leaves, cultivated in gardens. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME loveache < AF luvesche (by assoc. with ache celery < L apium) < OE lufestice (by syncope) < ML levistica, for LL levisticum, alter. of L ligusticum lovage, n. use of neut. of Ligusticus Ligurian
1350–1400; ME loveache < AF luvesche (by assoc. with ache celery < L apium) < OE lufestice (by syncope) < ML levistica, for LL levisticum, alter. of L ligusticum lovage, n. use of neut. of Ligusticus Ligurian
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| lov·age (lŭv'ĭj) n. A Mediterranean perennial plant (Levisticum officinale) having edible leaves and leafstalks and small, aromatic, seedlike fruit used as seasoning. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman luvesche, from Old English lufestice, from Medieval Latin levistica, from Late Latin levisticum, alteration of Latin ligusticum, from neuter of Ligusticus, Ligurian, from Ligurēs, the Ligurians.] |
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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.
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Main Entry: lov·age
Pronunciation: 'l&v-ij
Function: noun
: any of several aromatic perennial herbs of the carrot family; especially : a European herb (Levisticum officinale) sometimes cultivated for its rhizomes which are used as a carminative in domestic remedies, for its stalks and foliage which are used as apotherb, a substitute for celery, or a tea, for its seeds which are used for flavoring and in confectionery, and for its flowering tops which yield an oil used in flavoring and perfumery
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