celery
English
a stalk of celery
Etymology
From French céleri, from Lombard sèller, from Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛl.ə.ɹi/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: salary (in some accents)
Noun
celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)
- A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
- (uncountable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
- A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.
- celery colour:
Derived terms
- celeriac
- celeried
- celery cabbage
- celerylike
- celery salt
- celery seed
- celery vase
- celtuce
- Chinese celery
- Indian celery
- shrub celery
- wild celery
Translations
herb
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the stalks of this herb
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