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Definition of Levisticum officinale
1. Noun. Herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds.
Terms within: Lovage
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Levisticum, Levisticum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levisticum Officinale
Literary usage of Levisticum officinale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"levisticum officinale Koch, Nov. Act Nat. Cur. I21: 101. 1824. Levisticum Levisticum
Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 844. 1882. Stout, branched, 6° high or less, ..."
2. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"Properties and Dose.—Similar to preceding. ticu LEVISTICUM.—LOVAGE. Origin.—Levisticum
officinale, Koch, s. Ligusticum Levis- ticum, Linné. ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"levisticum officinale WDJKoch Lovage Herbaceous perennial Cultivated and occasionally
escaped to fields and river banks. Levisticum levisticum (L.) Karst. ..."
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