celery

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cel=er=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

celery, n. [F. céleri, cf. Prov. It. seleno, seler; fr. Gr. parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf. Parsley.].

 A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

celery, n. an umbelliferous plant, Apium graveolens, with closely packed succulent leaf-stalks used as a vegetable.

Idiom

celery pine an Australasian tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with branchlets like celery leaves.

Etymology

F c{eacute}leri f. It. dial. selleri f. L selinum f. Gk selinon parsley