Stanmarch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stanmarch is a noun meaning (archaic) Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family.
Meaning
(archaic) Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include woodmarch, olusatrum, alexanders, masterwort, costmary, alisanders.
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