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English
Etymology
From Middle English senvey, senevey, from Old French senevé, senevei, from Vulgar Latin *sināpātium, from Latin sināpi (→ Old French senef), from Ancient Greek σίνᾱπι (sínāpi).
Pronunciation
Noun
senvy (usually uncountable, plural senvies)
- (obsolete) The mustard plant or its seed.
- 1759, Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau (tr. John Mills), A Practical Treatise of Husbandry:
- The wheat seemed to have disappeared, to make room for a prodigious quantity of senvy which looked extremely well.
Middle English
Noun
senvy
- Alternative form of senevey