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senvy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛmvi/
• /ˈsɛnvi/

Etymology

From Middle English senvey, senevey, from Old French senevé, senevei, from Vulgar Latin *sināpātium, from Latin sināpi (→ Old French senef), from Ancient Greek σίνᾱπι (sínāpi).

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) The mustard plant or its seed.
   • The wheat seemed to have disappeared, to make room for a prodigious quantity of senvy which looked extremely well. 1759, Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (tr. John Mills), A Practical Treatise of Husbandry

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