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Definition of Anethum
1. Noun. Dill.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anethum
Literary usage of Anethum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"Some etymologists prefer to consider avi\9ov a radical term bestowed by the Greeks
on the plant; whence the Latin Anethum and other synonyms. ..."
2. Plants of the Holy Land: With Their Fruits and Flowers, Beautifully by Henry Stafford Osborn (1861)
"It refers to a species of herb known as the Anethum in the time of our ...
The usual height of the anethum is about two feet, having leaves similar to the ..."
3. The book of prescriptions: Containing More Than 3000 Prescriptions Collected by Henry Beasley (1876)
"... fruit of Anethum graveolens ; Anise seed, of Pimpinella Anisum ; Caraway, of
Carum Carui ; Fennel seed, ..."
4. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Constituents.-—Volatile oil 3 to 4 per cent., fixed oil, mucilage. Oil of dill
has the spec. grav. 0.87, and contains 60 FIG. 221. Anethum. ..."
5. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"ANET, Anethum. ANETH, Anethum graveolens. ... Anethum PASTINACA, Pastinaca Sativa —
a. ... Anethum — a. Segetum, Anethum. ..."
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