Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHER'VIL
CHER'VIL, n. [Sax. cerfille, a contraction of L. chærophyllum; Gr. χαιρεφυλλον, χαιρω, to rejoice, and φυλλον, leaf.]
The popular name of a plant, of the genus Chærophyllum.
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