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lov·age (luv′ij)

noun

a European plant (Levisticum officinale) of the umbel family, sometimes used as a potherb and formerly as a home medicine

Etymology: ME loveache, altered (by assoc. with love, love & ache, ache) < OFr levesche < LL levisticum for L ligusticum, lovage, plant native to Liguria < Ligusticus, Ligurian, after Liguria, country in Cisalpine Gaul

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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