noun
celery
SEH-luh-ree
noun
1
A pale green vegetable with long crunchy stalks, eaten raw or cooked.
"She chopped celery, carrots, and onion for the soup base."
"He snacked on a stick of celery with peanut butter."
How to Use Celery
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA crisp, watery green vegetable often used raw as a snack or as a base flavour for soups and stews.
Common pairings
celery stick
celery salt
chop celery
Word Forms
celeries plural
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Etymology
From French céleri, ultimately from Ancient Greek selinon — the same root as the herb name "parsley" shares in part.