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pars⋅ley
[pahr-slee] 
sli
–noun
| 1. | an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley), widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food. Compare parsley family. |
| 2. | the leaves of this plant, used to garnish or season food. |
| 3. | any of certain allied or similar plants. |
–adjective
| 4. | Also, parslied, parsleyed. cooked or garnished with parsley: parsley potatoes. |
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pars·ley (pär'slē)  (click for larger image in new window) n. pl. pars·leys
[Middle English persely, from Old English petersilie and Old French persil, both ultimately from Late Latin petrosillum, alteration of Latin petroselīnum, from Greek petroselīnon : petrā, rock; see per-2 in Indo-European roots + selīnon, celery.] |
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Parsley
Pars"ley\, n. [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. ?; ? stone + ? parsley. Cf. Celery.] (Bot.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. --Shak. Fool's parsley. See under Fool. Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley. Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley (Cryptogramme crispa). Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis) formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
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Language Translation for : parsley
Spanish:
perejil,
German:
die Petersilie,
Japanese:
パセリ
parsley
14c. merger of O.E. petersilie, O.Fr. peresil (13c.), both from M.L. petrosilium, from L. petroselinum, from Gk. petroselinon "rock-parsley," from petros "rock, stone" + selinon "celery."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pars·ley
Pronunciation: 'pär-slE
Function: noun
: a southern European annual or biennial herb (Petroselinum crispum) of thecarrot family having leaves which are used as a culinary herb or garnish and a root and seeds which have been used medicinally
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Parsley
A Pascal extension for construction of parse trees, by Barber of Summit Software. It features Iterators.
["PARSLEY: A New Compiler-Compiler", in Software Development Tools, Techniques and Alternatives, Arlington VA, Jul 1983, pp.232-241].
(1995-02-22)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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