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WILD CELERY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia

Synonyms:

eelgrass; tape grass; Vallisneria spiralis; wild celery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Holonyms ("wild celery" is a member of...):

genus Vallisneria; Vallisneria (eelgrass; eel grass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Herb of Europe and temperate Asia

Synonyms:

Apium graveolens; wild celery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild 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)

Holonyms ("wild celery" is a member of...):

Apium; genus Apium (celery)

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