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celery

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛləɹi/
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/ˈsɛləɹi/ · /ˈsɛlɹi/ · /ˈseləɹi/ · /ˈsæləɹi/ · /ˈsɛləɾe/ · /-ɾɪ/ · /-ɾi/ · /ˈsɛləɾi/

Definition of celery

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
  2. (uncountable, usually)The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
    “In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.”
  3. (uncountable, usually)A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

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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”).

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