GOLDEN ALEXANDERS


Meaning of GOLDEN ALEXANDERS in English

a plant, Zizia aurea, of the parsley family, native to eastern North America, having compound leaves and umbels of yellow flowers.

[ ME alisaundre ( alexandre petroselinum ) Alexandrinum horse-parsley ( Smyrnium olusatrum ), a synonym of petroselinum Macedonicum (appar. by assoc. of Macedonia with ALEXANDER THE GREAT); cf. PARSLEY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .