Dill

Definitions

1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A fool.
   Australia, informal
4. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The life of one plant⟳ would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]”

“He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make⟳ a dill of himself.”

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