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celery Definition

cel·ery (selər ē, sel)

noun

a biennial plant (Apium graveolens var. dulce) of the umbel family, whose long, crisp leafstalks are eaten as a vegetable

Etymology: Fr céleri < It seleri < L selinon < Gr, parsley

celery Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • chop: Dice the carrot and red pepper, chop the celery, then add to the onions and fry for a further 5 minutes.
  • slice: Peel and slice the celery and spring onion as finely as possible at an angle.
  • cook: Method In a covered saucepan, cook the celery in the stock for 15 minutes.
  • add: Wash, core and chop the apples Add the celery and apples to the beans along with the raisins.
  • eat: For example, when you eat celery, you can eat the leaves.
  • cut: Cut the celery into short pieces and tuck into the pot with the leeks and the carrot.

Adjective modifier

  • wild: Wild celery does not produce the thick stalks of the cultivated varieties.
  • raw: But you use more energy eating a stick of raw celery than you get from it.
  • fresh: Where I'm sitting there's a delicious smell of fresh celery from the veg bed next to me.

Preposition: into

  • piece: Cut the celery into short pieces and tuck into the pot with the leeks and the carrot.

Modifies a noun

  • stalk: Meanwhile, chop 1 red onion, dice 3 ripe tomatoes and 2 celery stalks.
  • stick: Instead I'll chew on a long celery stick.
  • soup: Title sounds nicer than pea and celery soup, and it's a lovely fresh green color.
  • seed: Try a bedtime beverage of freshly crushed celery seeds.
  • salt: As with the Gulls eggs they are eaten hard boiled with celery salt.
  • root: Large bonito may be with poached with celery root.

Noun used with modifier

  • stalk: Chicken carcass or shin of beef plus some beef bones, 1 stalk celery and1 carrot, 1 medium onion outer leaves only removed.
  • onion: Salt and pepper Method Saute the onion celery and garlic in Olive oil in a frying pan.

Preposition: in

  • oil: Soften the onion and celery in the oil until they are translucent.

Preposition: for

  • minute: Heat a large pan, add the oil and half the butter and stir fry the onion and celery for 4 minutes.
celery Quotes

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity.Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

—Huxley, Aldous Leonard