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Basil is a tender low-growing herb that is grown as a perennial in warm, tropical climates.
Ancient Greeks and Romans crowned victors with wreaths of laurel. The term baccalaureate, meaning laurel berry, refers to the ancient practice of honoring scholars and poets with garlands from the bay laurel tree.
Sometimes called garden chervil, it is used to season mild-flavoured dishes and is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes.
Its English name, chive, derives from the French word cive, which was derived from cepa, the Latin word for onion.
Coriander is native to southwestern Asia west to north Africa. The name coriander derives from French coriandre through Latin “coriandrum”.
The name dill is thought to have originated from a Norse or Anglo-Saxon word 'dylle' meaning to soothe or lull.
Cymbopogon, better known as lemongrass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
Mints are aromatic, almost exclusively perennial, rarely annual, herbs. They have wide-spreading underground rhizomes and erect, branched stems.
Oregano is a native of the Mediterranean region. The plant grows to over two feet tall and has oval grayish-green leaves.It is frequently used in pizza, spaghetti and marinara sauces, plus many other Italian dishes.
Parsley is another of those so-called "super-foods". It might seem like a humble garden herb, but it's actually an excellent source of iron and vitamin C.
Many people think flat leaf parsley has a stronger flavour than the curly variety, and this opinion is backed by chemical analysis which finds much higher levels of essential oil in the flat-leaved.
It is used as a leaf vegetable, which looks like a longer leaved and open lettuce.Rocket has been grown in the Mediterranean area since Roman times, and was considered an aphrodisiac.
Rosemary leaves are evergreen, 2–4 cm (0.79–1.6 in) long and 2-5 mm broad, green above, and white below with dense short woolly hair. Traditionally used as a symbol of remembrance for the dead.
"The Latin name for sage, salvia, means “to heal"". Sage is native to the Mediterranean region and commonly grown as a kitchen and medicinal herb. As a herb, sage is considered to have a slight peppery flavour.
"Tarragon grows to 120-150 cm tall, with slender branched stems. The leaves are lanceolate, 2-8 cm long and 2-10 mm broad, glossy green, with an entire margin.
Common thyme, Thymus vulgaris, is used as culinary herbs or for medicinal purposes. Ancient Egyptians used thyme in embalming. The ancient Greeks used it in their baths and burnt it as incense in their temples, believing that thyme was a source of courage.
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