alexanders

1. 1.

   European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

   SynonymsAlexanderblack lovagehorse parsleySmyrnium olusatrum

   Broaderherb

   Part ofSmyrnium

Other forms of alexanders

plural

alexanderses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alexanders

What does alexanders mean?

alexanders means "European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb".

How many syllables are in alexanders?

alexanders has 4 syllables: al-ex-an-ders. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚz/.

What is another word for alexanders?

Close synonyms include Alexander, black lovage, horse parsley, Smyrnium olusatrum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alexanders a common word?

alexanders is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.