alexanders

Meaning

Noun

• Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum (species) or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
• Various plants of genus Zizia (genus) or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
• Plural of alexander

Origin

• From French alisander, apparently named for Alexander the Great, for one or more species thought to be endemic to Macedonia.
• See alexander, Alexander.