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• cellery, sellary (obsolete)

語源

From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛləɹi/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈsɛləɹi/, /ˈsɛlɹi/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈseləɹi/
  • (General Australian, salary–celery merger) IPA: /ˈsæləɹi/
  • (New Zealand, salary–celery merger) IPA: /ˈsɛləɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈsɛləɾe/, /-ɾɪ/, /-ɾi/
• (Wales) IPA: /ˈsɛləɾi/
• Homophone: salary (salary–celery merger)

名詞

celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)

1. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
2. (uncountable, vegetable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 58:

     In eighteenth century France celery soup was a means of whetting the amorous appetite.

3. A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

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