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Dill grows up to 1.5–5 feet (0.46–1.52 m) from a taproot like a carrot. [7] [8] Its stems are slender and hollow with finely divided, softly delicate leaves; the leaves are alternately arranged, 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long with ultimate leaf divisions are 1–2 mm (1 ⁄ 32 – 3 ⁄ 32 in) broad, slightly broader than the similar leaves of fennel, which are threadlike, less than 1 mm (1 ...
The genus name comes from the Latin form of Greek words ἄνῑσον anison, ἄνησον anīson, ἄνηθον anīthon and ἄνητον anīton, which all meant "dill" and "anise"; [3] anise is now placed in a different genus named Pimpinella.
The story of Anethus's minor transformation into the dill plant is only found in Servius, who writes that Anethus, much like the poppy and the daffodil, belonged to the class of the beautiful youths that were transformed into the plants bearing their names.
It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, [1] including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium ...
Dill (restaurant), the first restaurant in Iceland to be awarded a Michelin star (in 2017) Dill Records, a small record label; Dill Railway, a railway in Germany; Dill Harris, a fictional character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird; Dill Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places
Perideridia americana is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names eastern yampah and wild dill. It has been found in 12 Midwestern United States, and is listed as threatened or endangered in at least 3 of them. [1] In Missouri it is a conservation species of concern. [2]
A glass vial containing pure Dill essential oil. Dill oil is an essential oil extracted from the seeds or leaves/stems of the Dill plant. [1] It can be used with water to create dill water. Dill (Anethum graveolens) is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae. [2] It is the sole species of the genus Anethum. [1]
Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius (1684 – 2 April 1747) was a German botanist.He is known for his Hortus Elthamensis ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his Historia muscorum ("History of Mosses"), a natural history of lower plants including mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycopods, algae, lichens and fungi.