Chervil

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Garden Chervil | image = Anthriscus cerefolium Kervel plant.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = Plantae | subregnum = Tracheobionta | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | subclassis = Rosidae | ordo = Apiales | familia = Apiaceae | genus = Anthriscus | species = A. cerefolium | binomial = Anthriscus cerefolium | binomial_authority = (L.) Hoffm. }}

Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium), sometimes called garden chervil, is a delicate annual herb, usually used to flavor mild-flavoured foods such as poultry, some seafoods, and young vegetables. It is a constituent of the French herb mixture fines herbes.

Classification: Chervil is a member of the parsley or carrot family, Apiaceae.

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