celery

[ sel-uh-ree, sel-ree ]

noun
  1. a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.

Origin of celery

1
1655–65; <French céleri<Italian seleri, plural of selero ≪ Greek sélinon parsley

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celery

/ (ˈsɛlərɪ) /


noun
  1. an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable: See also celeriac

  2. wild celery a related and similar plant, Apium graveolens

Origin of celery

1
C17: from French céleri, from Italian (Lombardy) dialect selleri (plural), from Greek selinon parsley

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