celery
nounUK /ˈsɛləɹi/ · CA, US /ˈsɛləɹi/
Etymology From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).
1
Usually A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
2
Food, Lifestyle, Vegetable Usually The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
- In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 58:
3
Usually A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.
- Derived terms
- celeriac, celeried, celery cabbage, celeryless, celery lettuce, celerylike, celery pine, celery root, celery salt, celery seed, celery vase, celtuce, Chinese celery, Indian celery, knob celery, leaf celery, sea celery, shrub celery, water celery, wild celery