chervil

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Chervil
Anthriscus cerefolium

Etymology

From Latin chaerephylla, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /'tʃɜː(r)vɪl/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)vɪl

Noun

chervil (countable and uncountable; plural chervils)

1. (countable) A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
2. (uncountable) leaves from the plant, used as an herb in cooking, which have a mild flavour of anise.

Scientific names

• Anthriscus cerefolium

Synonyms

• (plant): garden chervil
• (leaves of herb): gourmet’s parsley

Derived terms

• sea-chervil

Translations

spice

• Bulgarian: кервел (bg) (kervel)
• Danish: kiörvel (da)
• Dutch: kervel (nl)
• Finnish: kirveli (fi)
• French: cerfeuil (fr)
• German: Kerbel (de) m

  Old High German: kerfola

  Middle High German: kërvele

• Icelandic: kerfill (is) m
• Italian: cerfoglio (it) m
• Japanese: チャービル (ja) (chābiru)

• Latin: cærefolium (la) n
• Low German: karwel (nds)
• Luxembourgish: Kierwel (lb) m
• Macedonian: геревиз (mk) (géreviz) m, красница (mk) (krásnica) f
• Middle English: cherville
• Old English: cerfille (ang) f
• Romanian: hasmațuchi (ro) m
• Russian: кервель (ru) (kervél') m 
• Serbo-Croatian: krbuljica (sh), krasuljica (sh)
• Spanish: perifollo (es) m, cerefolio (es) m, perifolio (es) m
• Swedish: kyrfvel (sv) c

See also

• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Anthriscus cerefolium
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Anthriscus cerefolium
• Anthriscus cerefolium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Anthriscus cerefolium

Anagrams

• chilver