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Alexander's foot

Alexander's foot noun: a type of flower or medicinal plant.

Noun (1)

Alexander's foot

  1. (archaic, botanical) A type of flower or medicinal plant.
    • There is alfo another Sort of Pellitory, which the French call Alexander's Foot, and which is the tufted Pellitory: This is a little Root half a Foot long, of brownish grey […] The Plant which it bears is call’d Pyrethrum Umbelliferum, and by the French, Alexander's Foot. It grows a Foot high1748, Pomet, Pierre, 1658-1699; Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708; Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715; Hill, John, 1714?-1775; Birt, Samuel, -1755; Parker, William, -approximately 1748 or 1749; Hitch...
    • Item a pownd of Saundurs = alexanders, "great parsley used as celery." But this is of the same family as carraway seeds. Could these seeds have been used in the same way? Gerard's "Herbal" also gives "Alexander's foot," which is a plant closely allied to camomile.1914, More, William, 1472-1559?, Journal of Prior William More, page 1914
    1. (archaic, botanical) A pellitory.
    2. (archaic, botanical) A pyrethrum herb.

Noun (2) capitalized: Alexander's Foot

Alexander's Foot

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Alexander's foot.

Forms of Alexander's foot

alternative formAlexander's Foot
alternative formAlexander's-foot

Origin of Alexander's foot

In one account from the 19th century, the term's documented usage ranged from 1597-1678.

Questions about Alexander's foot

What does Alexander's foot mean?
Alexander's foot means a type of flower or medicinal plant.
What part of speech is Alexander's foot?
Alexander's foot is a noun.

Words near Alexander's foot in the dictionary

  1. Alexander's band
  2. Alexander's bands
  3. Alexander's dark band
  4. Alexander's dark bands
  5. Alexander's disease
  6. Alexander's foot
  7. Alexander's-foot
  8. Alexander-Conway polynomial
  9. Alexander-Conway polynomials
  10. alexanders
  11. Alexanderson alternator

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