'Levisticum officinale' definitions:
Definition of 'Levisticum officinale'
From: WordNet
noun
Herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds [syn: lovage, Levisticum officinale]
Definition of 'Levisticum officinale'
From: GCIDE
- Lovage \Lov"age\, n. [F. liv[`e]che, fr. L. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian, Liguria a country of Cisalpine Gaul.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant. [1913 Webster]