lovage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lovage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lovage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lovage n herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds Synonym(s): lovage, Levisticum officinale stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lovage \Lov"age\, n. [F. liv[8a]che, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Levisticum officinale}), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.