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dillweed

2.6

Leaves from the dill plant that you use to add flavor when cooking

noun
/ˈdɪlˌwid/

: eneldo

She sprinkled fresh dillweed over the salmon before baking it in the oven.
1 teaspoon of dillweed
1 tablespoon of dillweed
fresh dillweed

Examples

I love adding dillweed to my salads.
You can substitute dillweed for parsley if you want a different taste in your salad.
The recipe calls for a teaspoon of dried dillweed to enhance the flavor of the soup.
Fresh dillweed enhances the flavor of fish dishes.
Add 1 tablespoon of dillweed to the recipe for extra flavor.
To enhance the taste of the dish, sprinkle some dillweed on top before serving.
I love to use fresh dillweed in my salads and dressings for a burst of flavor.

Synonyms

dill

vsdillweed

30 1.0

A scented herb with fine feathery leaves used to flavor food

is only the feathery leaves used as a seasoning in cooking

dill weed

vsdillweed

1 2.9

Leaves from the dill plant that add flavor to food

is identical in meaning but written as one word

Anethum graveolens

vsdillweed

Specialized

6.4

A herb with feathery leaves and seeds used in cooking, called dill

is only the feathery leaves, not the whole plant or its seeds

How Flavorful

rosemary

117 2.3

basil

91 1.0

dillweed

2.6

chives

2.0

parsley

58 1.0

Surface Forms

dillweed singular

dillweeds plural

Morphology

dillweed = dill + weed (transparent) = dill + weed

The meaning is a straightforward compound referring to the dill plant's feathery leaves used as an herb.

Etymology

Dillweed is simply the herb name dill plus weed, where 'weed' means 'plant', so it literally names the feathery leaves of the dill plant that people use to flavor food.