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ABSINTHE (French) = WORMWOOD.

ACHIOTE = Annatto (Spices)

AÇÚCAR (Portuguese) = SUGAR

ADAÇAYI (Turkish) = SAGE

ADAS (Indonesia) = Fennel Seed (Spices).

ADAS CINA (Indonesia) = Dill Seed (Spices).

ADORMIDERA (Spanish) = POPPY SEED.

Aframomum korarima = CARDAMOM, KORARIMA

Aframomum melegueta = Grains of Paradise (Spices).

Agastache foeniculum = ANISE HYSSOP.

AGLIO (Italian) = GARLIC

AÏL (French) = GARLIC

AJENJO (Spanish) = WORMWOOD.

AJONJOLI (Spanish) = SESAME SEED

AJOWAN = Ajwain (Spices)

Ajwain (Spices) = Tracyspermum copticum

ALBAHACA (Spanish) = BASIL.

ALCARAVEA (Spanish) = Caraway seed (Spices).

ALECOST = COSTMARY = Tanecetum balsamita. This herb's flavour somewhat resembles mint. It was formerly used in flavouring ale, in salads, and medicinally. [we do not at present carry this.]

ALEPPO PEPPER = Halaby Pepper (Spices)

ALEUM (ancient Rome) = GARLIC

ALHO (Portuguese) = GARLIC.

ALIUM (ancient Rome) = GARLIC.

Alkanet (Spices) = Anchusa officinalis.

ALKANNA (German) = Alkanet (Spices).

Alliaria petiolata = GARLIC MUSTARD.

Allium ascalonicum = SHALLOT.

Allium sativum = GARLIC.

ALLORO (Italian) = Bay Leaf (Spices).

Allspice (Spices) = Pimenta dioica.

ALO (Spanish) = GARLIC

Alpinia galanga = Languas galanga = Greater or Java Galingale (Spices).

Alpinia offiicinarum = Languas officinarum = Lesser Galingale (Spices).

AMANDES DE TERRE (French) = SOUCHET = Cyperus longus. [we do not at present carry this].

AMBER (Turkish) = AMBERGRIS.

AMCHOOR (India) = MANGO POWDER.

AMMI (Greek & Roman) = Ajwain (Spices)

Amomum globosum = CARDAMOM, ROUND CHINESE.

Amomum subulatum = Cardamom, Black (Spices)

Anacyclus pyrethrum = PYRETHRUM.

ANARDANA (India) = POMEGRANATE SEED.

ANASON (Turkish) = Anise Seed (Spices).

ANATTO = Annnatto (Spices)

Anchusa officinalis = Alkanet (Spices).

ANDIZ KÖKÜ (Turkish) = ELECAMPANE.

ANESEUM (ancient Rome) = Anise seed (Spices).

ANET (English, 13th to 18th centuries) = Dill Seed (Spices).

ANETH (French) = Dill Seed (Spices).

ANETH ODORANT ( French) = Dill Seed (Spices).

ANETHUM (ancient Rome) = Dill Seed (Spices).

Anethum graveolens = Dill Seed (Spices).

ANETO (Italian) = Dill Seed (Spices).

Angelica = Angelica archangelica [we have Candied Angelica (Comfits), made of the stems; and Angelica Seed (Spices)].

Angelica archangelica = Angelica (Spices).

Angelica officinalis = Angelica archangelica = Angelica (Spices).

ANGÉLIQUE (French) = Angelica (Spices).

ANICE (Italian) = Anise Seed (Spices).

ANICE STELLATO (Italian) = Star Anise (Spices).

ANIJSZAAD (Dutch) = Anise Seed (Spices).

ANIS (German, French, Spanish) = Anise Seed (Spices).

ANIS ÉTOILÉ (French) = Star Anise (Spices).

ANISÉ (Greek) = Anise Seed (Spices).

ANISE, BADIAN = Star Anise (Spices).

ANISE, CHINESE = Star Anise (Spices).

ANISE HYSSOP = Agastache foeniculum. A herb native to North America. [we do not at present carry this].

ANISE PEPPER = Szechuan Pepper (Spices).

Anise seed (Spices) = Pimpinella anisum.

ANISE, STAR = Star Anise (Spices).

ANISEED = Anise Seed (Spices).

ANITHO (Greek) = fresh DILL leaf.

Annatto (Spices) = Bixa orellana. seed pulp used for red colour. [we do not at present carry this].

ANNOTTA = Annatto (Spices)

ANYZ (Polish) = Anise Seed (Spices)

APII SEMEN (ancient Rome) = Celery Seed (Spices).

Apium graveolens dulce = Celery Seed (Spices).

APPLE MINT = Mentha rotundifolia. [we do not at present carry this].

ARDIÇ TOHUMU (Turkish) = Juniper Berries (Spices).

ARMOISE (French) = MUGWORT.

Armoracia rusticana = HORSERADISH.

ARNOTTA = Annatto (Spices).

Artemisia absinthium = WORMWOOD.

Artemisia dracunculus = TARRAGON.

Artemisia vulgaris = MUGWORT.

Asafetida (Spices) = Ferula assa-foetida or Ferula narthex. The spice in commerce may be produced by either of these.

ASAFETIDE (French) = Asafetida (Spices).

ASAM (Indonesia) = TAMARIND.

ASAM JAVA (Malaysia) = TAMARIND.

ASANT (German) = Asafetida (Spices).

ASARUM (ancient Rome) = HAZELWORT.

Asarum Europaeum = HAZELWORT.

Asperula odorata = WOODRUFF.

ASPÝR (Turkish) = SAFFLOWER.

ASSENZIO (Italian) = WORMWOOD.

AXI (Carib Indian) = CHILI. This is the name under which the Capsicum peppers were first described by Columbus and the early explorers of the New World.

AZAFRÁN (Spanish) = Saffron (Spices).

AZÚCAR (Spanish) = SUGAR

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