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Celery - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Celery : (noun)
1: widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are
eaten raw or cooked [syn: cultivated celery, Apium
graveolens dulce]
2: stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Smallage \Small"age\, n. [Small _ F. ache smallage. See Ach
parsley.] (Bot.)
A biennial umbelliferous plant ({Apium graveolens) native of
the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid
and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes
celery.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Celery : \Cel"er*y\, n. [F. c['e]leri, cf. Prov. It. seleno,
seler; fr. Gr. ? parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf.
Parsley.] (Bot.)
A plant of the Parsley family ({Apium graveolens), of which
the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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