Dill

Dill (Anethum), a genus of Umbellifere. The Common Dill (A. graveolens) is an annual or biennial plant, which grows wild in cornfields in the East and in the countries around the Mediterranean, but is quite hardy in Britain. It has from a very early period been in general cultivation as an aromatic, stimulant, and carminative, being used in cookery like anise, and in medicine as dill water, &c. A. Sowa is similarly cultivated, and used in Bengal, &c.