alexander's foot
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.86 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Alexander's foot.
Example Sentences
- "There is alfo another Sort of Pellitory, which the French call Alexander's Foot, and which is the tufted Pellitory: This is a little Root half a Foot long, of brownish grey […] The Plant which it bears is call’d Pyrethrum Umbelliferum, and by the French, Alexander's Foot. It grows a Foot high"
- "Item a pownd of Saundurs = alexanders, "great parsley used as celery." But this is of the same family as carraway seeds. Could these seeds have been used in the same way? Gerard's "Herbal" also gives "Alexander's foot," which is a plant closely allied to camomile."
- "Lillingstone used the plants horehound, Alexander’s foot, and ‘the red knoppes of marygoldes’, which he mixed, ground and cooked with ‘good ale and Genoese treacle’ and gave to the sick person to drink."