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lovage

(luv′ij)

noun

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

Origin: 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

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noun

A Mediterranean perennial plant (Levisticum officinale) having edible leaves and leafstalks and small, aromatic, seedlike fruit used as seasoning.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman luvesche

Origin: , from Old English lufestice

Origin: , from Medieval Latin levistica

Origin: , from Late Latin levisticum

Origin: , alteration of Latin ligusticum

Origin: , from

Origin: neuter of Ligusticus, Ligurian

Origin: , from Ligurēs, the Ligurians

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