APIUM GRAVEOLENS DULCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apium graveolens dulce mean? 

• APIUM GRAVEOLENS DULCE (noun)
  The noun APIUM GRAVEOLENS DULCE has 1 sense:

1. widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked

  Familiarity information: APIUM GRAVEOLENS DULCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APIUM GRAVEOLENS DULCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Apium graveolens dulce; celery; cultivated celery

Hypernyms ("Apium graveolens dulce" 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)

Meronyms (parts of "Apium graveolens dulce"):

celery (stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning)

celery seed (seed of the celery plant used as seasoning)