celery

Noun

Meaning

A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Apium graveolens dulce cultivated celery corn cheetah herb chard caraway rice beet cabbage maize lettuce asparagus parsley cucumber
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Hypernyms

herb plant vegetable veg veggie herbaceous plant

Hyponyms

pascal celery Paschal celery

Phrases with the word

water celery wild celery turnip-rooted celery celery mustard Indian celery leaf celery

Anagrams

Ceryle Creely

Examples

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. Aldous Huxley

Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour. Mike Myers

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me. George Bernard Shaw

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. Dave Barry

Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like. Jamie Oliver

It was the standard airport-security operation, which meant it appeared to have been designed to hassle law-abiding passengers just enough to reassure them, while at the same time providing virtually no protection against criminals with an IQ higher than celery. Dave Barry

Close letter words and terms

celeripede celeritous celerity celery blight celery cabbage celery leaf