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See also:ALEXANDERS (botanical name, Smyrnium Olusatrum, natural See also:order See also:Umbelliferae)
, a stout herbaceous plant with a furrowed, much-branched See also:stem 1-3 ft. high, and large See also: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-See also:herb
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It is now found apparently See also:wild in See also:Great See also:Britain and See also:Ireland, growing in See also: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 " See also:alexanders." " See also: |
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