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cel·er·y
(sĕl′ə-rē)n. pl. cel·er·ies
1. A biennial European plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) in the parsley family, having edible roots, leafstalks, leaves, and fruits.
2. The crisp thick leafstalks of this plant.
3. The seedlike fruits of this plant used as a flavoring.
[French céleri, from Italian dialectal seleri, pl. of selero, alteration of Late Latin selīnon, parsley, from Greek.]
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celery
(ˈsɛlərɪ)n
1. (Plants) an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable. See also celeriac
2. (Plants) wild celery a related and similar plant, Apium graveolens
[C17: from French céleri, from Italian (Lombardy) dialect selleri (plural), from Greek selinon parsley]
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cel•er•y
(ˈsɛl ə ri, ˈsɛl ri)n.
a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, with stiff clustered leafstalks eaten raw or cooked.
[1655–65; < French céleri < Italian seleri, pl. of selero « Greek sélinon parsley]
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| Noun | 1. |  celery - widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cookedcelery - stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning celery seed - seed of the celery plant used as seasoning herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
| 2. | celery - stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning veg, vegetable, veggie - edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant celery stick - celery stalks cut into small sticks pascal celery, Paschal celery - any of several types of commercially grown celery having green stalks Apium graveolens dulce, celery, cultivated celery - widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked |
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Translations
: سيلري: نبات الكرفسكَرْفَس
celer
selleri
seller
selleri
célericèleri
celer
zeller
sellerí
セロリ
셀러리
apium
salieras
selerija
zeler
zelena
selleri
ผักคึ่นช่าย
cần tây
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
celery
n → Stangensellerie m or f; three stalks of celery → drei Stangen Sellerie; celery hearts → Sellerieherzen pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
celery
(ˈseləri) noun the long juicy edible stalks of a type of vegetable, used in salads etc.
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celery
→ كَرْفَس celer selleri Sellerie σέλινο apio selleri céleri celer sedano セロリ 셀러리 selderie selleri seler aipo, salsão сельдерей selleri ผักคึ่นช่าย kereviz sapı cần tây 芹菜Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
celery
n apioEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.