parsley
See also: Parsley
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/
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Noun
parsley (usually uncountable, plural parsleys)
- (countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
- (uncountable) The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
Derived terms
terms derived from parsley
- bastard parsley (Caucalis)
- beaked parsley (Anthriscus cerefolium
- black parsley (Thapsia decipiens)
- bur parsley (Caucalis)
- Chinese parsley (Coriandrum sativum)
- common parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
- corn parsley (Carum segetum)
- cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
- flat-leaved parsley (Petroselinum crispum Neapolitanum Group)
- fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)
- French parsley (Anthriscus cerefolium
- garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
- hedge parsley (Torilis spp.)
- hemlock parsley (Conioselinum)
- horse parsley (Smyrnium olusatrum)
- Italian parsley (Petroselinum crispum Neapolitanum Group)
- milk parsley (Peucedanum palustre)
- milk parsley (Peucedanum palustre)
- parsley fern (Cryptogramma crispa)
- parsley frog (Pelodytes spp.)
- parsley haw (Crataegus marshallii)
- parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis and Scleranthus spp.)
- root parsley (Petroselinum crispum Radicosum Group)
- square parsley (Carum heterophyllum)
- stone parsley (Sison amomum and Seseli libanotis)
Translations
herb
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