Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The celery-plant, Apium graveolens, especially in its wild State.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A biennial umbelliferous plant (
Apium graveolens ) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomescelery .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Celery in itswild (uncultivated ) form.
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Examples
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Celery Celery was a thin-stalked, aromatic but bitter herb called smallage before gardeners developed the mild, thick-stalked vegetable.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Celery Celery was a thin-stalked, aromatic but bitter herb called smallage before gardeners developed the mild, thick-stalked vegetable.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Celery Celery, Apium graveolens, is the mild, enlarged version of a bitter, thin-stalked Eurasian herb called smallage.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Celery Celery, Apium graveolens, is the mild, enlarged version of a bitter, thin-stalked Eurasian herb called smallage.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Leaf celery is closely related to wild celery, and is also known as smallage, cutting celery, or Chinese celery.
Ingredient: Leaf Celery Laurie Constantino 2007
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Leaf celery is closely related to wild celery, and is also known as smallage, cutting celery, or Chinese celery.
Archive 2007-11-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
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Celery Seed and table celery are grown from a domesticated variety of a wild plant known as “smallage.”
Spices and Herbs -Bandra Bazar Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Celery Seed and table celery are grown from a domesticated variety of a wild plant known as “smallage.”
2008 February 17 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Celery or as the ancients called it “smallage” has been used as a medicine since the time of the Greeks.
2008 February 17 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Celery or as the ancients called it “smallage” has been used as a medicine since the time of the Greeks.
Spices and Herbs -Bandra Bazar Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
sionnach commented on the word smallage
wild celery
February 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word smallage
Usage/historical note in comment on dittany. Also:
January 8, 2017