Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A biennial European plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) in the parsley family, having edible roots, leafstalks, leaves, and fruits.
- n. The crisp thick leafstalks of this plant.
- n. The seedlike fruits of this plant used as a flavoring.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An umbelliferous plant, Apium graveolens, a native of Europe, and long cultivated in gardens for the use of the table. The green leaves and stalks are used as an ingredient in soups, but ordinarily the stems are blanched. There are many varieties in cultivation, the stems blanching pink, yellow, or white. See
celeriac . - n. See Vallisneria.
- n. On the Pacific coast, an aquatic umbelliferous plant, Œnanthe sarmentosa, the stems of which have the taste of celery and were eaten by the Indians. The poisonous Oregon water-hemlock is said to be sometimes mistaken for this.
Wiktionary
- n. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
- n. uncountable The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
WordNet 3.0
- n. widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
- n. stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
Etymologies
- From French céleri. (Wiktionary)
- French céleri, from Italian dialectal seleri, pl. of selero, alteration of Late Latin selīnon, parsley, from Greek. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Death by celery is a fate worse than regular death.”
The Washington Post: Tainted celery -- good riddance to bad roughage
“Because asking someone to come over to your house for celery is like calling him up and saying, "Hey, want to come over to my house so my new friend Luca Brasi can beat you with a belt and then trample on your dignity?”
The Washington Post: Tainted celery -- good riddance to bad roughage
“But celery is on a level below the other vegetables.”
The Washington Post: Tainted celery -- good riddance to bad roughage
“Go on and tell her, Mr. Gunston, about that fan tan sucker that made nineteen thousan 'last year in celery an' asparagus.”
“Add in diced celery and spices (adjust salt and pepper to taste, if needed) and cook for an additional 5 minutes, until celery is just tender.”
“Tilly appeared in a light green blouse, the one she called celery.”
“You can spread it on sandwiches, use it for a chip dip and best of all, stuff it in celery sticks.”
“Ordinary supermarket celery is fine for this dish, although it has a milder taste than leaf celery.”
Recipe: Wild Greens with Celery-Mint Tomato Sauce (Tsigareli / Τσιγαρέλι)
“Leaf celery (Apium graveolens var. secalinum): this type of celery is grown for its leaves, and is used as an herb in Europe and China.”
“Leaf celery is not carried by most major supermarkets.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘celery’.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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food collection
bread, peel, pot, chorizo, Filet, olive, fill, Phyllo, dough, bake, mat, pinot and 988 more...
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Things that smell better than they taste
See also Things that taste better than they smell.
coffee, gasoline, shampoo, petrol, paint, cut grass, baby, hair, mudflats, bicycle, coal, naphtha and 36 more...
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Gas-Inducing Foodstuffs
Foods that produce flatulence. List title a shameless filching of a fortuitous phrase yarb introduced in his definition of scotch egg. I know everyone has a few foods they avoid at certain times ...
scotch egg, cabbage, chili beans, garbanzo beans, chickpeas, hummus, pickled eggs, rutabaga, radish, jerusalem artichoke, brussels sprouts, cauliflower and 42 more...
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Color Words for Shoes
Vendors can get oddly creative.
amaranth, brindle, iguana, slate black, madder brown, bison, pinecone, seal brown, forest night, burnt orange, monument, beet red and 399 more...
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Groceries
strawberries, baby spinach, black beans, cinnamon, oranges, apples, fstg multigrain t..., olive oil, simply orange juice, tomato sauce, wholly guacamole, salt sense and 115 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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a modern herbal
mugwort, horehound, hellebore, chamomile, comfrey, rosemary, calendula, rose, lavender, lamb's quarters, gamboge, mustard and 108 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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encyclopedia gustatorica
béchamel, tart, pie, cupcake, roux, jambalaya, étouffé, succulent, plum, pomegranate, peach, apple and 300 more...
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The Doctor... Doctor who?
"Just the Doctor."
(My attempt at a Doctor Who list, as requested by plethora.)doctor, master, companion, time lord, tardis, dalek, cyberman, brilliant, fantastic, jelly baby, human, alien and 30 more...
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Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: ...
being things I remember from my mother's gardens, including flower, vegetable and shrubbery.
poppy, foxglove, snapdragon, iris, marigold, lily, clematis, rose, peony, nasturtium, petunia, phlox and 58 more...
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Colors Categorized: Greens
Exactly what it says on the tin
green, forest, seafoam, emerald, jade, grass, virescent, chartreuse, olive, celery, absinthe, asparagus and 12 more...
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Trios
bird, holy ghost, holy spirit, mirepoix, spirit, ghost, holy, son, father, synthesis, antithesis, thesis and 14 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for celery.
bilby Ribbed, for extra pleasure! Sep 18, 2011
chained_bear A history dork out-style usage on celery vase. Apr 14, 2010
bilby
Celery, raw,
Develops the jaw,
But celery stewed,
Is more quietly chewed.
- Ogden Nash, 'Celery'. Apr 12, 2009
oroboros See accelerytor. Nov 23, 2007
bilby What is it about celery? Nov 23, 2007