dill

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  1. noun An aromatic herb (Anethum graveolens) native to Eurasia, having finely dissected leaves and small yellow flowers clustered in umbels.
  2. noun The leaves or seeds of this plant, used as a seasoning.

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  • For an appetizer he ordered smoked salmon and avocado rolled in lasagna noodles, with a sauce of watercress, dill, and horseradish. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_13_The_Cat_Who_Moved_a_Mountain
  • My favorite was the coriander and dill -- the strength of the herbs countered that of the alcohol.
  • Variations: curry waffles: add 1 teaspoon curry powder to the dry ingredients herb waffles: add 1 to 2 tablespoons fresh snipped herbs such as chives, dill, rosemary, basil or tarragon. —  The Kitchn
  • Prairie organic vodka blended with hand-crushed tomatoes and a host of other ingredients including dill, mustard powder, and homemade sriracha You'll need two hands to wield the mighty skewer of salumi, cheese, country pâté, pickled okra, preserved kumquat, pickled carrots, and olives. —  Web Section
  • Combine mashed yolks with fresh chopped chives, dill, and parsley. —  The Times-Reporter Home RSS
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English dile, from Old English.

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  1. from ME, dille, dylle, from Anglo-Saxon dile= Dutch dille = Old High German tilli, Middle High German tille (German dill, after the D. form) = Danish dild = Swedish dild, dill; origin unknown.
  2. North. E, and Scots; from Middle English dillen, dyllen, variant of dullen, dull, blunt: see dull, v., of which dill is a doublet.
  3. Another form of dell. Cf. dilling
  4. Middle English dillen, from Icelandic dylja = Swedish dölja = Danish dölge, conceal, hide.
 

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