noun
- a plant of the parsley family with yellow flowers and aromatic leaves, formerly used in cooking and medicine
Usage: usually used in plural; also called horse parsley or smyrnium
Examples
- Alexanders grow wild along the Mediterranean coast.
- Medieval cooks used alexanders to flavor soups and stews.
- The plant's young stems and leaves of alexanders are edible.
- Alexanders have been cultivated in European gardens for centuries.