'Celery' definitions:
Definition of 'celery'
From: WordNet
noun
Widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked [syn: celery, cultivated celery, Apium graveolens dulce]
noun
Stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
Definition of 'Celery'
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]
Definition of 'celery'
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]