celery

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Sainsbury's has recalled some of its Taste the Difference Steak and Ale pie because it contains celery, which is not mentioned on the ingredients list.

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  1. noun A biennial European plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) in the parsley family, having edible roots, leafstalks, leaves, and fruits.
  2. noun The crisp thick leafstalks of this plant.
  3. noun The seedlike fruits of this plant used as a flavoring.

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  • If an admirer gave you a bouquet of fresh celery, the smell might remind you of Cel-Ray. —  Tablet Magazine
  • Gallium vines, fruits and celery are their choice foods. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Reduce the heat to medium high and add the carrots, celery, and onion to the pan. —  Serious Eats
  • Jamie's journey: She notices that the celery is too salty, but what can she do? —  Baltiblogs
  • Jamie: She knew the celery was over-salted, probably by over-reducing. —  Baltiblogs
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  1. French céleri, from Italian dialectal seleri, pl. of selero, alteration of Late Latin selīnon, parsley, from Greek.

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  1. Prop. with initial s, as in early modern English selery, sellery; = Dutch selderij = German sellerie, selleri = Danish Swedish selleri, from French céleri, from Italian dial. seleri, Italian sedano, celery, from Latin selinon, parsley, from Greek σέλινον, a kind of parsley, in Middle Greek and New Greek celery. See parsley, ult. from Greek πετροσέλινον, rock-parsley.
 

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