golden alexanders
noun
a plant, Zizia aurea, of the parsley family, native to eastern North America, having compound leaves and umbels of yellow flowers.
Origin of golden alexanders
Middle English
alisaundre (< Old French < ML), Old English
alexandre < Medieval Latin (
petroselinum)
Alexandrinum horse-parsley (
Smyrnium olusatrum), a synonym of
petroselinum Macedonicum (apparently by association of Macedonia with
Alexander the Great); cf.
parsley
Words nearby golden alexanders
goldcrest,
goldcup,
golden,
golden age,
golden ager,
golden alexanders,
golden aster,
golden bantam corn,
golden bough,
golden buck,
golden bull