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Apium

noun

celery

• Syn: ↑genus Apium

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑family Apiaceae, ↑carrot family

• Member Meronyms: ↑wild celery, ↑Apium graveolens

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\\ˈāpēəm, ˈap-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, parsley, celery; perhaps akin to Sanskrit ap- water — more at abkar

: a genus of Eurasian herbs of the carrot family having pinnate leaves and white or yellowish flowers in compound umbels — see celery

Useful english dictionary. 2012.