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Dill grows to a height of 45–90 cm/1.5–3 ft, and resembles fennel with feathery leaves and yellow flowers. A native plant of Asia and Eastern Europe, it is now common throughout much of Europe.

Herb belonging to the carrot family, whose bitter seeds and aromatic leaves are used in cooking and in medicine. (Anethum graveolens, family Umbelliferae.)



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JAMES DILL, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York
Dill affected to laugh in a complimentary way at Mrs.
When he turned again with the cup he saw her, with eyes shining rapturously, beginning upon a huge Dill pickle that she had rooted out from the paper bags with a woman's unerring instinct.
 
 
 
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