celery
pronunciation
How to pronounce celery in British English:
UK [ˈseləri]
How to pronounce celery in American English:
US [ˈseləri]
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- Noun:
- widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
- stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
Word Origin
- celery
- celery: [17] Celery comes ultimately from Greek sélīnon, which signified ‘parsley’ – like the celery, a plant of the group Umbelliferae (the English word parsley comes from Greek petrōselínon, literally ‘rock parsley’). It came into English via Latin selīnon, Italian dialect selleri, and French céleri. The term celeriac was formed from celery in the early 18th century; it first appears in an advertisement in the London and country brewer 1743.=> parsley
- celery (n.)
- 1660s, from French céleri (17c., originally sceleri d'Italie), said by French sources to be from Italian (Lombard dialect) seleri (singular selero), from Late Latin selinon, from Greek selinon "parsley," which is of uncertain origin. [O]ne day, in a weak and hungry moment, my roommate and I succumbed to a bit of larceny. A greengrocer's truck had parked down the street and was left unattended. We grabbed the first crate we could off the back. It turned out to be celery. For two days we ate nothing but celery and used up more calories chewing than we realized in energy. "Damn it," I said to my roommate, "What're we going to do? We can't starve." "That's funny," he replied. "I thought we could." [Chuck Jones, "Chuck Amuck," 1989]
Example
- 1. Add onion , carrots , celery , and thyme .
- 2. There we sat down to a wild boar terrine and guinness vegetable soup with rosemary whipped cream . It was sublime and hinted of beef , celery , sweet carrot and earth .
- 3. The antioxidant properties are present in compounds called polyphenols , a group of chemical compounds found in a wide array of fruits and vegetables including apples , blackberries , blueberries , cantaloupe , grapes , pears , plums , strawberries , broccoli , cabbage , celery , onion and parsley .
- 4. This brings up a curious question : does no one take comfort in carrots and celery sticks ?
- 5. Consider celery , for example-forever the garnish , never the main meal .