"smallage" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English smalache, equivalent to small + ache (“celery, parsley”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|smalache}} Middle English smalache, {{af|en|small|ache|t2=celery, parsley}} small + ache (“celery, parsley”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} smallage (uncountable)
  1. Celery in its wild uncultivated form. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Apieae tribe plants Synonyms: march [obsolete] Translations (wild celery): merche (Middle English), mereċe [feminine] (Old English)

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