Meaning of stanmarch | Babel Free

Definitions

Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family.

archaic, uncountable

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.”

“The herb was also known as Stanmarch. It grows on waste places by rivers near the sea, having been formerly cultivated like celery, which has now supplanted it.”

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