alexanders Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
    Smyrnium olusatrum; black lovage; horse parsley; Alexander.
  2. noun king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
    Alexander the Great; Alexander.

WordNet

Al`ex*an"ders, Al`i*san"ders noun (Also<
  • Alexanders
  • Alisanders
)
Etymology
OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.
Definitions
  1. (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.

Webster 1913