ALEXANDERS (botanical name, Smyrnium Olusatrum, natural

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• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order

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• UMBELLIFERAE

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