celery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
    Apium graveolens dulce; cultivated celery.
  2. noun stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning

WordNet

Cel"er*y noun
Etymology
F. céleri, cf. Prov. It. seleno, seler; fr. Gr. parsley, in Lgr. & NGr. celery. Cf. Parsley.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

Webster 1913