cicely
/ˈsɪsɪli
/(also sweet cicely)
noun (plural cicelies)
An aromatic white-flowered plant of the parsley family, with fern-like leaves.
- Genera Myrrhis and Osmorhiza, family Umbelliferae: several species, in particular the European M. odorata, grown as a culinary and medicinal herb.
- The root of sweet cicely can be boiled and eaten.
- One of the first herbs to appear in the spring, sweet cicely makes a becoming backdrop to a perennial border.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin seselis, from Greek. The spelling change was due to association with the given name Cicely.
Rhymes
- knowledge-full
- knowledge gap
- knowledge industry
- knowledgeless
- knowledge management
- knowledgement
- knowledge representation
- knowledge society
- knowledge tree
- knowledge work
- knowledge worker
- knowledgment
- know-little
- known
- known man
- know no bounds
- know-nothing
- know-nothingism
- know-nothingness
- know-not-what
- known quantity
- know one's onions
- know one's own mind
- know one's way around (or about)
- knowpert