celery

n. type of vegetable

Apium graveolens is plant species in the family Apiaceae, and yields two important vegetables known as celery and celeriac. Cultivars of the species have been used for centuries, whilst others have been domesticated only in the last 200-300 years.
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Noun
1. widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked
(synonym) cultivated celery, Apium graveolens dulce
(hypernym) herb, herbaceous plant
2. stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning
(hypernym) vegetable, veggie
(hyponym) pascal celery, Paschal celery
(part-holonym) cultivated celery, Apium graveolens dulce
(part-meronym) celery stick

(n.)
A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.
  

To dream of seeing fresh, crisp stalks of celery, you will be prosperous and influential beyond your highest hopes. To see it decaying, a death in your family will soon occur. To eat it, boundless love and affection will be heaped upon you. For a young woman to eat it with her lover, denotes she will come into rich possessions.