ammi Bot.
(ˈæmɪ)
Also 6 ami.
[a. L. ammi, a. Gr. ἄµµι, connected by some with ἄµµος sand.]
A genus of umbelliferous plants, with aromatic leaves; Bishop-weed.
| 1551 Turner Herbal (1568) 25 Ami hath muche smaller sede, then Cumin; and resembleth organe in taste. 1621 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. vi. i, Those opposite meats..wood⁓bine, ammi, lettuce, which Lemnius so much commends. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict., Ammi, one of the four hot Seeds. The best Ammi is brought out of Candia or Alexandria. 1866 Treas. Bot. 51 Common Bishop-weed, Ammi majus. |