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ammi Bot.|ˈæmɪ|
Also 6 ami.
[a. L. ammi, a. Gr. ἄµµι, connected by some with ἄµµος sand.]
A genus of umbelliferous plants, with aromatic leaves; Bishop-weed.
1551Turner Herbal (1568) 25 Ami hath muche smaller sede, then Cumin; and resembleth organe in taste. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. vi. i, Those opposite meats..wood⁓bine, ammi, lettuce, which Lemnius so much commends. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict., Ammi, one of the four hot Seeds. The best Ammi is brought out of Candia or Alexandria. 1866Treas. Bot. 51 Common Bishop-weed, Ammi majus. |