Stanmarch
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family. archaic, uncountable
"The A. S. name [mersc] passed into Old Eng. and survived to Turner’s time ; but now occurs only in Stanmarch, which has been transferred from the Parsley to the allied Alexanders, or Horse-parsley (Smyrnium Olusatrum, L.) a plant formerly much cultivated for salads."
Example
More examples"The A. S. name [mersc] passed into Old Eng. and survived to Turner’s time ; but now occurs only in Stanmarch, which has been transferred from the Parsley to the allied Alexanders, or Horse-parsley (Smyrnium Olusatrum, L.) a plant formerly much cultivated for salads."
Etymology
From Middle English stanmarche, from Old English stānmerċe, compound of stān (“stone”) + merċe (“smallage”).
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