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celery

n. C / U
A2 Elementary US //ˈsɛɫɝi// UK //sˈɛləɹi// cel·ery

n. a tall green vegetable with long, crunchy stalks. You often eat it raw in salads or use it in soups.

n. a hardy herbaceous plant cultivated for its edible leaf stalks and petioles. Typically treated as uncountable when referring to the vegetable in general; countable when referring to individual stalks.


SIMPLE

I like celery with peanut butter.

CONTEXTUAL

She chopped the celery finely to add crunch to the vegetable soup.

COMPLEX

The crisp, watery texture of celery provides a refreshing contrast to the rich, savory flavors of the stew.

Origin

From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).

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