parsley

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  1. noun A member of the parsley family.
  2. noun A cultivated Eurasian herb (Petroselinum crispum) having flat or curled, ternately compound leaves.
  3. noun The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning or garnish.

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  • But also brush your teeth real good and also parsley is a natural breath mint. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • Stir in the mushroom mixture (with the oil), parsley, salt, white pepper and baking powder, if using. —  TheState.com: The Buzz
  • Slice a quick handful of green onions or parsley, as I did, for a grassy bite, and drop them into the soup. —  The Wednesday Chef
  • Cedars Meat House is a grocery and halal butcher shop with a grill in the front, but skip the meat for once and check out the fried-cauliflower sandwich, rolled in a thin pita and dressed with sumac-dusted onions, purple pickled turnips, parsley, and a lip-stinging garlic mayo. —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
  • Then dried mushrooms, reserved mushroom water, chicken stock and a bit of dried parsley are added and the soup is simmered for one hour. —  Kalyn's Kitchen
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  1. Middle English persely, from Old English petersilie and Old French persil, both ultimately from Late Latin petrosillum, alteration of Latin petroselīnum, from Greek petroselīnon : petrā, rock; see per-2 in Indo-European roots + selīnon, celery.

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  1. Formerly also parsly, parsely, persely, dial, parsil; from English parcelye, persely, persley, parcely, percyly, persili, persile, persil, parcelle, percyle, percyll, parsil, etc., from Old French persil, peresil, pierresill, pierre essil, pierrecin, percin, persin, etc., French persil = Spanish perexil, now perejil = Portuguese perrexil = Italian petrosello, petrosillo, petrosellino, petrosemolo, prezzemolo = Anglo-Saxon petersilium, petersilige, petersilie = Middle Dutch peterselie, Dutch peterseli = Middle Low German petersilie, pettercillige = Old High German pedersilli, petrasile, Middle High German G. petersilie = Danish petersille, also persille = Swedish persilja (from F.), from Latin petroselinum, Middle Latin also petroselinon, petrosillum, petrisellum, parsley, from Greek πετροσέλινον, rock-parsley, from πέτρος, rock, + σέλινον, a kind of parsley: see celery.
 

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