noun
1. European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
• Syn: ↑Alexanders, ↑black lovage, ↑horse parsley, ↑Smyrnium olusatrum
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Smyrnium, ↑genus Smyrnium
2. king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
• Syn: ↑Alexander the Great
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Alexandrian
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑conqueror, ↑vanquisher
Useful english dictionary. 2012.