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cecily

cecily

9.5
A plant with sweet-smelling leaves used in cooking and herbal medicine
  • noun
translation icon : cecily
  • The chef added fresh cecily to the salad for a hint of sweetness.

Examples

  • Some herbal teas include cecily because of its pleasant aroma and flavor.

  • Gardeners often grow cecily for its fragrant leaves and delicate white flowers.

  • I added fresh cecily to the salad.

  • Have you ever tried cooking with cecily?

  • The chef added fresh cecily to the salad for a hint of sweetness.

  • Gardeners often grow cecily for its fragrant leaves and delicate white flowers.

  • Some herbal teas include cecily because of its pleasant aroma and flavor.

Synonyms

Myrrhis odorata
vscecily
  • Specialized
9.9

A herb from Europe with sweet-smelling leaves like ferns and white flowers

is the everyday culinary and herbal name rather than the latin form
sweet cicely
vscecily
  • UK
9.9

A European garden herb with fern-like leaves, white flowers and a sweet aniseed taste

focuses more on cooking and herbal remedies than garden ornamentation
cicely
vscecily
9.8

A herb with sweet-smelling leaves used to flavor food

is more specific about aromatic use and medicinal applications

Surface Forms

cecily singular
cecilies plural

Etymology

Cecily names the herb also called sweet cicely, and the word likely comes from old English and French names for the plant. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the name Cecily adding something 'sweet' and fragrant to food, which fits the herb's aromatic, sweet-tasting leaves.