Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stanmarch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stan-march
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The A. S. name [mersc] passed into Old Eng. and survived to Turner’s time ; but now occurs only in Stanmarch, which has been transferred from the Parsley to the allied Alexanders, or Horse-parsley (Smyrnium Olusatrum, L.) a plant formerly much cultivated for salads."
"The herb was also known as Stanmarch. It grows on waste places by rivers near the sea, having been formerly cultivated like celery, which has now supplanted it."

Etymology

From Middle English stanmarche, from Old English stānmerċe, compound of stān (“stone”) + merċe (“smallage”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: stanmarche, stānmerċe

Usage

Questions

What does stanmarch mean?: Smyrnium olusatrum, alexanders, horse parsley, an herb of the umbellifer family.
Where does stanmarch come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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