any of several large hollow-stemmed umbelliferous plants, such as cow parsnip and chervil
2.
the dried stalks of any of these plants
Word origin
C14: of obscure origin
kex in American English
(keks)
noun
Brit dialect
the dry, usually hollow stem or stalk of various plants, esp. of large plants belonging to the parsley family, as cow parsnip or wild chervil
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME; of uncert. orig.]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: drag, flash, index, negative, tune
Examples of 'kex' in a sentence
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Results show that kex increases with the decrease of supporting electrolyte concentration and sizes of reactants.
Ningyu Gu, Shaojun Dong 2000, 'Electron self-exchange reaction of viologen and its derivatives in poly(ethylene glycol)',Electrochemistry Communicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248100001089. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)