Bot. Also 6 ami. [a. L. ammi, a. Gr. ἄμμι, connected by some with ἄμμος sand.] A genus of umbelliferous plants, with aromatic leaves; Bishop-weed.
1551. Turner, Herbal (1568), 25. Ami hath muche smaller sede, then Cumin; and resembleth organe in taste.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., III. ii. VI. i. Those opposite meats … woodbine, ammi, lettuce, which Lemnius so much commends.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., Ammi, one of the four hot Seeds: The best Ammi is brought out of Candia or Alexandria.
1866. Treas. Bot., 51. Common Bishop-weed, Ammi majus.
