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Alisanders   Listen
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Alisanders, Alexanders  n.  (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; called also horse parsely.






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"Alisanders" Quotes from Famous Books



... America than elsewhere for the reason that the sheet of tin shaken by the Jupiter of the Press has been cut larger. But the difference is only of degree, not of kind; and if the system we in particular have brought to perfection would seem to be properly applied only to Alexanders and Napoleons, it is not striking that these adequate subjects present themselves even in other countries. The end of it all surely no man can see, unless it be that collective humanity is destined to perish ...
— Picture and Text - 1893 • Henry James

... the cast-off garments of to-morrow. Nor must the perfect man represent power and wealth alone, for "the wealth of Croesus cannot bring sleep to the sick man tossing upon his silken couch, and all the Alexanders and Napoleons have shed bitter tears, conquering or conquered." He who is merchant or scholar or ruler, and only that, climbs his pillar ...
— The Investment of Influence - A Study of Social Sympathy and Service • Newell Dwight Hillis

... 1. Alexanders, Hipposelinum; S. Smyrnium vulgare (much of the nature of Persly) is moderately hot, and of a cleansing Faculty, Deobstructing, nourishing, and comforting the Stomach. The gentle fresh Sprouts, Buds, ...
— Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets • John Evelyn



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