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Celery

/ˈsɛl.ə.ɹi/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Celery"

noun

1
A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
2
The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
3
A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

🔄 Synonyms of "Celery"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
apium graveolens dulcenoun	widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
cultivated celerynoun	widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Celery"

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Word	Definition
apium graveolens dulcenoun	widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
cultivated celerynoun	widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
blanchingnoun	The act by which something is blanched.
apium	a genus, as currently circumscribed by Plants of the World Online, of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with an unusual highly disjunct distribution with one species in the temperate Northern Hemisphere in the Western Palaearctic (Europe, western Asia, north Africa), and the rest in the temperate Southern Hemisphere in southern Africa, southern South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
genus apiumnoun	celery
marsh parsley	—
smallagenoun	Celery in its wild uncultivated form.
pascal celerynoun	any of several types of commercially grown celery having green stalks
chinese celerynoun	Apium graveolens var. secalinum, a variety of celery with smaller stalks and flavorful leaves, grown in East Asian countries for use in cooking.
wild celerynoun	Garden angelica (Angelica archangelica)
celeriacnoun	A form of celery, Apium graveolens, having an aromatic taproot eaten as a vegetable.
sea parsleynoun	Scots lovage (Ligusticum scoticum).
apium graveolens	Apium graveolens, known in English as wild celery,Streeter D, Hart-Davies C, Hardcastle A, Cole F, Harper L. 2009.
celery seednoun	The seed of the plant celery, Apium graveolens, used as a seasoning in cooking.
ground eldernoun	A perennial plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Eurasia; Aegopodium podagraria.
moon carrotnoun	Seseli libanotis, a Eurasian herb of the carrot family.
shrub celerynoun	The crisp, thick leafstalk of the celery plant; used as a vegetable, or eaten raw.
field eryngonoun	A European medicinal herb (Eryngium campestre) of the celery family, native in much of Europe, in North Africa and arid western Asia.
umbellifernoun	Any plant of the family Apiaceae, also called Umbelliferae, whose inflorescence is an umbel, such as a carrot or celery.
carawaynoun	A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice. (The convention of putting caraway seeds into rye bread sometimes causes confusion about so-called rye seeds.)