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celery
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
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