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celery

cel·er·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sel-uh-ree, sel-ree]
    • /ˈsɛl ə ri, ˈsɛl ri/
    • /ˈsel.ər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sel-uh-ree, sel-ree]
    • /ˈsɛl ə ri, ˈsɛl ri/

Definitions of celery word

  • uncountable noun celery Celery is a vegetable with long pale green stalks. It is eaten raw in salads. 3
  • noun celery an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable 3
  • noun celery a biennial plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) of the umbel family, whose long, crisp leafstalks are eaten as a vegetable 3
  • noun celery Celery is a vegetable with long, pale green stalks. It is eaten raw in salads. 3
  • noun celery a plant, Apium graveolens, of the parsley family, whose leafstalks are eaten raw or cooked. 1
  • noun celery A cultivated plant of the parsley family, with closely packed succulent leafstalks that are eaten raw or cooked. 1

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Origin of celery

First appearance:

before 1655
One of the 46% oldest English words
1655-65; < French céleri < Italian seleri, plural of selero ≪ Greek sélinon parsley

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Parts of speech for Celery

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

celery popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

celery usage trend in Literature

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