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lovage Herb of the carrot family, Ligusticum scoticum, with a strong scent of celery. The stems can be candied like angelica or used as a vegetable, and the leaves and stems are used in soup. The seeds can also be used as a seasoning, with a flavour like dill or fennel seed.

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition DAVID A. BENDER

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lov·age / ˈləvij/ • n. a large, edible, white-flowered plant (esp. Levisticum officinale) of the parsley family.

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lovage XIV. ME. lov(e)ache, alt., as if love-ache ‘love parsley’ (ME. — (O)F. ache parsley), of OF. levesche, luv- (mod. livèche) :- late L. levisticum, for earlier ligusticum, n. of ligusticus Ligurian.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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