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CULTIVATED CELERY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked

Synonyms:

Apium graveolens dulce; celery; cultivated celery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cultivated celery" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "cultivated celery"):

celery (stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning)

celery seed (seed of the celery plant used as seasoning)

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