Alexander (n.)

  1. European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

    [ Syn: alexander , alexanders , black lovage , horse parsley , smyrnium olusatrum ]

  2. king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)

    [ Syn: alexander , alexander the great ]

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