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Cicely Pearl Blair FRCP (née Hopton; 1926 – 2005) was a British dermatologist. She discovered that people who had albinism did not get blackheads, as they did not produce melanin, the pigment that makes the comedones black. She also wrote about rashes caused by brown-tailed moth caterpillars. After her retirement, she turned her hand to art and especially silver smithing, fashioning a "chain of office" for the president of the British Association of Dermatologists.
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Cicely/Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata), also known as myrrh, garden myrrh, and sweet chervil, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the celery family Apiaceae. It is the only species in the genus Myrrhis.
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It reminds me of both Sicily and the perennial sweet Cicely plant which has leaves that look a bit like those of the fern plant, tiny white clusters of flowers and a sweet anise flavour.
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Lovely. I prefer this over Cecily.
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Cicely is a lovely Victorian name, but it can easily be confused for Cecilia or Cecily. Sweet Cicely is a herb which tastes similar to anise.
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Cicely, Alaska, is a fictional town in the TV show, Northern Exposure, founded by two women Cicely & Roslyn.
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I prefer the pronunciation of Cicely over that of Cecily.
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I love this name, mostly because of Cicely Mary Barker's work on the Flower Fairies, and it has a very elegant sound. I hope it becomes popular eventually, and everyone will go back to the good old days, when daughters were given REAL girls names, instead of all these Madisons and Jordans.
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Cicely Tyson (born 1933 in New York City) is a famous American actress.
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I think Cicely is visually prettier than Cecily, but it sounds exactly like the island, and it reminds me of Cicero, AND there's a clothing company called Sisley. How unfortunate.
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I much prefer Cecily. Cicely reminds me too much of Sicily, where my ancestors came from. :-)
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This name is growing on me, however it may be mistaken for Cecily quite often if used on a child today.
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Sweet Cicely denotes gladness in the language of flowers.
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Cicely Tyson is an actress.
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Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910-97) was a famous English historian, descended from the celebrated pottery family. She used her middle name, Veronica, rather than Cicely, and was known on the title pages of her books as C.V. Wedgwood.
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Dame Rebecca West, English writer, was born Cicely Isabel Fairfield.
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The English word for the herb sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) ultimately comes from the obscure Greek word seselis [óέóåëéò], which apparently was a collective term for a number of umbelliferous herbs.
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Sometimes confused with Sicily, an island off the southern tip of Italy. That word comes from the Greek Sikeloi "Sicilians", the name of an ancient people that lived on the island.
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Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) is an author/illustrator best known for her Flower Fairies series.
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