wild celery

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wild′ cel′ery. 

1. Plant Biology See tape grass. 

• 1850–55

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cel•er•y /ˈsɛləri/   n. [uncountable]

1. Plant Biology a plant of the parsley family, eaten raw or cooked.

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cel•er•y  (sel′ə rē, sel′rē), n. 

1. Plant Biology a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked.

• Italian seleri, plural of selero Greek sélinon parsley
• French céleri
• 1655–65

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celery / ˈsɛlərɪ/ noun

1. an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable
   See also celeriac
2. wild celery ⇒ a related and similar plant, Apium graveolens

Etymology: 17th Century: from French céleri, from Italian (Lombardy) dialect selleri (plural), from Greek selinon parsley