# celery

Pronunciation: say "SEL-uh-ree" US/UK /ˈsɛl.ə.ɹi/, AUS /ˈsel.ə.ɹi/

## Noun

1. The crisp stalks of the celery plant, eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.
   - Simple: The long green stalks of a plant that people eat raw or cooked.
   - _He crunched on a stalk of celery while reading the news._
   - _The recipe calls for two cups of chopped celery._
2. A European herb of the carrot family, known scientifically as Apium graveolens.
   - Simple: A plant from Europe that belongs to the same family as the carrot.
   - _Celery needs rich, damp soil and a long growing season to mature._
   - _Farmers in the valley harvest celery from late summer into fall._
3. A pale yellow-green color resembling the stalks of the celery plant.
   - Simple: A light yellow-green color, like the stalks of the celery plant.
   - _The designer paired celery with warm gray throughout the apartment._
   - _Their wedding palette mixed celery, cream, and gold for a fresh spring look._

## Origin

From French céleri, from Lombard sellero, from Latin selīnum, in turn from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). It displaced the older English words march and smallage.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/celery (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).