an aromatic white-flowered plant of the parsley family, with fern-like leaves 欧洲没药,香根芹;雪维菜
Genera Myrrhis and Osmorhiza, family Umbelliferae: several species, in particular the European M. odorata, grown as a pot herb and used in herbal medicine, and the North American O. claytoni 欧洲没药属和香根芹属,伞形科,数种,尤指欧洲的香甜车叶草和北美的香根芹,前者盆栽,用作草药
语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin seselis, from Greek. The spelling change was due to association with the given name Cicely