alexanders

See also: Alexanders

English

Alternative forms

• Alexanders

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzændɚz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndəz/
• (æ-tensing, rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndɚz]
• (æ-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [ˌælɪɡˈzeəndəz]
• Hyphenation: al‧ex‧an‧ders

Etymology 1

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

Noun

alexanders (plural alexanders)

1. Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
2. (chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.

Derived terms

• golden alexanders

 

References

• “alexanders, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2012.

Etymology 2

See alexander, Alexander.

Noun

alexanders

1. plural of alexander