n. [ OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria. ] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1.1 a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb. Syn. --Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2.1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC). Syn. --Alexander the Great [ WordNet 1.5 ]
(n) the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825), Syn. Aleksandr Pavlovich, Czar Alexander I
(n) the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881), Syn. Alexander the Liberator, Czar Alexander II