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smallage
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smallage, n. [Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley.].
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens ) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery . [1913 Webster]
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