Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chervil

Chervil , noun

[Anglo-Saxon cerfille, from Latin caerefolium, chaerephyllum, Greek {not transcribed}; {not transcribed} to rejoice + {not transcribed} leaf.]

(Botany) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.