sweet cicely

Questions about sweet cicely

What does sweet cicely mean?

sweet cicely means "European herb with soft ferny leaves and white flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sweet cicely?

Close synonyms include Myrrhis odorata, myrrh, gum myrrh. 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 sweet cicely a common word?

sweet cicely is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.