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cicely

(ˈsɪsəlɪ)
n, pl -lies
(Plants) short for sweet cicely
[C16: from Latin seselis, from Greek, of obscure origin; influenced in spelling by the English proper name Cicely]
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Translations
Cäcilia
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As well as containing all the botanicals used in their famous Rock Rose recipe, the gin contains three additional herbs - sweet cicely, which grows beside hedgerows around the castle, applemint from local forest areas and bog myrtle, which is sourced from around the walls of the castle itself.
As the novel opens, it's 1998, and Patsy is still in love with her childhood friend Cicely, who moved to America several years earlier.
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The snatch squad took five catalytic converters from vans at Cicely Commercials in Brownrigg Loaning and also Arnold Clark, Annan Road, overnight between Tuesday, December 4 and Wednesday, December 5.
figure By PHILIP OCHIENG class="MsoNormalIf Cicely is the middle name of a female Kenyan MP, she would have received it for the same reason I received the name Philip, namely, imposed immediately upon birth or, through a superstitious unction called "baptism", imposed by Euro-Christians on the whole world's non-Caucasians.
Don't expect to hear the usual flag waving, propaganda, recruiting songs - this is an anti-war show as portrayed by the poetry and songwriting of Rudyard Kipling, Eric Bogle, Derrol Adams, Cicely Fox-Smith plus some original poetry, music and song from the pens of Roots Community Choir members.
Summary: Washington DC, [USA] Sep 06 (ANI): The Board of Governors at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unanimously decided to present honorary Oscars to actor Cicely Tyson, music composer Lalo Schifrin and publicist Marvin Levy.