Smallage

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Smallage \Small"age\, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See {Ach}
     parsley.] (Bot.)
     A biennial umbelliferous plant ({Apium graveolens}) native of
     the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid
     and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes
     {celery}.


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