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pars⋅ley

  [pahr-slee]
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–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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME persely, b. OE petersilie and OF persil; both < LL *petrosilium, alter. of L petroselīnum < Gk petrosélīnon rock-parsley. See petro-, celery

Related forms:
pars⋅ley⋅like, adjective
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pars·ley   (pär'slē)   


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n.   pl. pars·leys

  1. A member of the parsley family.

    1. A cultivated Eurasian herb (Petroselinum crispum) having flat or curled, ternately compound leaves.

    2. The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning or garnish.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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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Computing Dictionary

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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