a plant whose leaves are used in cooking as a herb 欧当归（叶子用作调味料） Word OriginMiddle English loveache, alteration (as if from love + obsolete ache ‘parsley’) of Old French luvesche, levesche, via late Latin levisticum from Latin ligusticum, neuter of ligusticus ‘Ligurian’, from Liguria, a costal region of NW Italy.