celery
noun/ˈseləri/
/ˈseləri/
[uncountable]- a vegetable with long light-green stems that are often eaten raw
- (British English) a stick of celery
- (North American English) a stalk of celery
- Chop the celery and add it to the salad.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of celery- stalk
- stick
- cook
- prepare
- chop
- …
- leaf
- salt
- stalk
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French céleri, from Italian dialect selleri, based on Greek selinon ‘parsley’.Definitions on the go
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