celery
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
celery/ˈseləri/
▶noun a cultivated plant of the parsley family, with closely packed succulent leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked. [Apium graveolens var. dulce.]
– origin C17: from Fr. céleri, from Ital. dial. selleri, based on Gk selinon ‘parsley’.
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