parsley
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parsley/ˈpɑːsli/
▶noun a plant with white flowers and crinkly or flat leaves used as a culinary herb and garnish. [Petroselinum crispum.]
– origin OE petersilie, via late L. based on Gk petroselinon, from petra ‘rock’ + selinon ‘parsley’, influenced in ME by OFr. peresil, of the same origin.
'parsley' also found in these Oxford entries:
alexanders
- angelica
- anise
- asafoetida
- astrantia
- caraway
- carrot
- celery
- chervil
- cicely
- coriander
- cowbane
- cow parsley
- cumin
- dill
- dropwort
- duxelles
- earthnut
- fennel
- fool's parsley
- ground elder
- hemlock
- hogweed
- honewort
- lovage
- marshwort
- meunière
- opopanax
- parsley piert
- parsnip
- polonaise
- Queen Anne's lace
- salsa verde
- sanicle
- sea holly
- shepherd's needle
- skirret
- Spaniard
- spignel
- tabbouleh
- umbel
- umbellifer
