celery (definition)

(definition) by Webster 1913

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Cel"er*y (?), n. [F. c'eleri, 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.