celery

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈsɛləɹi//
Canada//ˈsɛləɹi//
Canada//ˈsɛlɹi//
Australia//ˈseləɹi//
//ˈsæləɹi//

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

noun

1
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
2
The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.
3
A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

Etymology

From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).

Forms

plural: celeries

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celery · A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.

celeste · An organ stop, deliberately slightly out of tune to give an…Celeste · A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].celestial · Of, relating to, or located in the sky or outer space, where…

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