noun
celery
SEL-uh-ree/ˈseləri/
A vegetable with crisp edible stalks and leaves.
The celery has long pale-green stalks and leafy tops.
Etymology
French céleri named the same food plant. French sources report an Italian ancestry connecting it with Greek selinon, which named parsley and later celery; the Greek name’s own origin is uncertain.
In context
here's how to keep celery crisp and restore its unique crunch ability after it loses its firmness
More examples
- She chopped celery for soup.
- He bought a bunch of celery.
- The celery stayed crisp.
Forms
celery · celeries
Similar words
- celeriac
- A related crop grown for its swollen root rather than stalks.
- stalk
- One part of the vegetable rather than the plant.