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- celery ['sεlərɪ]
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an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable - See also celeriac
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[Etymology]
C17: from French céleri, from Italian (Lombardy) dialect selleri (plural), from Greek selinon parsley
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an umbelliferous Eurasian plant, Apium graveolens dulce, whose blanched leafstalks are used in salads or cooked as a vegetable - See also celeriac
Examples
- crisp celery
- 鲜嫩的芹菜 → celery
- hearts of celery
- 芹菜心 → celery
- All have a generous dose of herbs and spices, everything from chervil and celery seed to cloves and peppercorns.
- 从山萝卜到芹菜籽，从丁香到胡椒籽，每一样均含有大剂量的药草和香料成分。 → celery
- a stick of celery
- 一根芹菜 → celery
- a stick of celery → stick
- 芹菜太老，有很多筋。
- This celery is too old; it's very stringy. → 筋
- 这把芹菜掐头去尾剩下不多了。
- With both ends chopped off, there's not much left of this bunch of celery. → 掐头去尾
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