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English

Image:Céleri.jpg|thumb|a stalk of celery

Pronunciation

w:IPA|IPA: /ˈsel.ə.ri/,

Homophones

salary (in some accents)

Noun

A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.

Translations

Chinese: 芹菜 (qíncài)
Czech: {{t-|cs|celer|m}}
Dutch: selderij , selderie , selder (Flemish)
Estonian:
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|céleri|m}}
German: {{t+|de|Sellerie|m}}
Greek: ,
: Ancient: σέλινον (selinon)
: Modern: {{t+|el|σέλινο|n|sc=Grek}} (selino)
Hungarian:
Ido: celerio
Italian: {{t+|it|sedano|m}}

Japanese: {{t-|ja|セロリ|sc=Jpan}}
Korean: {{t-|ko|셀러리|sc=Hang}}
Latin:
Maltese: karfusa
Polish: {{t+|pl|seler|m}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aipo|m}}
Russian: сельдерей
Sicilian: accia
Spanish: apio , celery
Swedish:

Polish: {{t+|pl|seler|m}}

Category:Spices and herbs Category:Vegetables

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Apiaceae \Apiaceae\ prop. n.
A natural family of plants bearing flowers in umbels;
examples are: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway;
celery; dill.

Syn: Umbelliferae, family Umbelliferae, family Apiaceae,
carrot family
[WordNet 1.5]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet celery
n 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