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celery root

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ce⋅ler⋅i⋅ac

  [suh-ler-ee-ak, -leer-]
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–noun
a variety of celery, Apium graveolens rapaceum, of the parsley family, having a large, edible, turniplike root.
Also called celery root, knob celery, turnip-rooted celery.

Origin:
1735–45; celery + -ac
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ce·le·ri·ac   (sə-lîr'ē-āk', -lěr'-)   
n.  An edible variety of celery (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum) cultivated for its swollen knobby root. Also called celery root, turnip-rooted celery.

[Alteration of celery.]
celery root  
n.  See celeriac.
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