celery

Definition of Celery in English :

widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked

2. celery

stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Celery

noun

1.

an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable

noun

a biennial plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) of the umbel family, whose long, crisp leafstalks are eaten as a vegetable

n. pl. cel·er·ies

1. A biennial European plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) in the parsley family, having edible roots, leafstalks, leaves, and fruits.

2. The crisp thick leafstalks of this plant.

3. The seedlike fruits of this plant used as a flavoring.