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ALEXANDERS (botanical name, Smyrnium Olusatrum, natural See also: stem 1-3 ft. high, and large compound leaves with broad sheathing stalks, and broad, cut or lobed segments
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The small yellow See also: flowers are See also: borne in compound umbels
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The plant is a native of the Mediterranean region, and was formerly cultivated as a pot-herb
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It is now found apparently See also: wild in See also: Great Britain and See also: Ireland, growing in waste places, especially near the See also: sea and amongst ruins
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In See also: England the plant is sometimes popularly termed " alisander "; in See also: North See also: America Thaspium aureum is sometimes called " alexanders." " See also: Alexander's
See also: foot," botanical name Anacyclus See also: Pyrethrum, is the See also: pellitory of See also: Spain
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