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Definition of Sweet cicely

1. Noun. European herb with soft ferny leaves and white flowers.

2. Noun. Aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume.

3. Noun. Fresh ferny leaves and green seeds used as garnish in salads and cold vegetables; dried seeds used in confectionery and liqueurs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Cicely

sweet as a nut sweet as pie sweet balm sweet basil sweet bay sweet bells sweet birch sweet bread sweet buckeye sweet calabash

sweet calamus sweet cheeks sweet cherry sweet chestnut sweet cicely (current term) sweet cider sweet ciders sweet clover sweet coltsfoot sweet corn

sweet corn plant sweet corns sweet cream sweet cup sweet dreams sweet elder sweet false chamomile sweet fern sweet flag

Literary usage of Sweet cicely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"sweet cicely as a Bur History.—There was no response to this note, and when the Sixth Edition of Gray's Manual appeared in 1890, the fruit was characterized ..."

2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"MYRRHIS ; sweet cicely. The Characters are ; if it an ... Umb. Annual Sweet Cicely, with hairy firmed Seeds, by lome call'd Candy Carrot. ..."

3. How to Study Plants: Or, Introduction to Botany, Being an Illustrated Flora by Alphonso Wood (1882)
"In the "Root, sweet cicely possesses qualities which make it favorably known. It is perennial, enduring the frosts of many winters. ..."

4. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"sweet cicely as a Bur History.—There was no response to this note, and when the Sixth Edition of Gray's Manual appeared in 1890, the fruit was characterized ..."

5. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"MYRRHIS ; sweet cicely. The Characters are ; if it an ... Umb. Annual Sweet Cicely, with hairy firmed Seeds, by lome call'd Candy Carrot. ..."

6. How to Study Plants: Or, Introduction to Botany, Being an Illustrated Flora by Alphonso Wood (1882)
"In the "Root, sweet cicely possesses qualities which make it favorably known. It is perennial, enduring the frosts of many winters. ..."

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