Lōv'age, n.

(lŭv'ēj), n. [Corrupt. fr. Fr. livèche, It. levistico, libistico, from Lat. levisticum, ligusticum, a plant indigenous to Liguria, lovage, fr. Ligusticus, Ligustine, Ligurian, fr. Liguria, a country of Cisalpine Gaul; Ger. liebstöckel.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Ligusticum levisticum), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.