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The feathery top of the plant your pickle jar would be lost without.
means The feathery, thread-like leaves of the dill plant, used fresh or dried as an herb to flavor pickles, fish, sauces, and salads.
from 'Dill' traces back to Old English 'dile,' related to similar words across Germanic languages (like Old Norse 'dilla'), though the deeper root is uncertain — some link it, cautiously, to a Germanic word suggesting 'to lull,' since dill was long used in folk remedies to soothe fussy babies and settle stomachs. The 'weed' part simply used the word's older, gentler sense of 'plant' or 'herb,' not the modern meaning of an unwanted intruder — so 'dill weed' originally just meant 'the dill plant,' specifying the leafy green parts over the seeds.
- not an insult
- despite sounding like one in the 90s
- plant part
- refers to the leaves, not the seeds
- flavor fade
- loses potency fast, add it late
- same plant
- dill seed comes from the same herb, different stage