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Celery

//ˈsɛl.ə.ɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning wordnet
  3. 3
    The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable. uncountable, usually

    "In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite."

  4. 4
    widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked wordnet
  5. 5
    A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery. uncountable, usually

Etymology

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

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