'Apium graveolens' definitions:

Definition of 'Apium graveolens'

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noun
Herb of Europe and temperate Asia [syn: wild celery, Apium graveolens]

Definition of 'Apium graveolens'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Apium graveolens'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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